Around 100 immigrant squatters
evicted Saturday from a building in Rome's central Piazza
Indipendenza on Thursday threw rocks, bottle and gas tanks at
police who were trying to move them out of gardens in the
square.
Two immigrants were arrested.
One of them was arrested as he was giving an interview to La7
TV. The incident spurred cries of "shame, shame" from other
immigrants.
Most of the immigrants are Eritreans and Ethiopians.
Fire hydrants were used against the immigrants evicted as
women kneeled on the ground and raised their arms to stop being
removed, crying "shame".
One woman fell to the ground and was slightly hurt.
After the clashes with police, the immigrants dispersed into
streets adjacent to the nearby Termini central rail station.
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