A journalist who was headbutted
last year by a member of Ostia's Spada crime family was attacked
again Wednesday along with his RAI crew by local inhabitants
while filming a probe into clans in Pescara in Abruzzo.
Daniele Piervincenzi, who is now a correspondent of the new
Raidue show Popolo Sovrano (Sovereign People), was attacked
along with filmmaker Sirio Tomassi and journalist David
Chierchini.
They were assaulted by residents of the Rancitelli district
while working on an investigative report into "clans on the
periphery of Pescara," the State broadcaster said.
Piervincenzi's nose was broken in last year's attack by
Roberto Spada while investigating the Ostia-based clan's alleged
support for neofascist group CasaPound in the Roman coastal
town.
Piervincenzi also fronts coverage of Italian rugby matches on
D-Max.
"Luckily I only have a black eye, from a punch on my eyebrow.
Fillmaker Sirio Tommasi got it worse, ending up in the ER for
punches to his back, and journalist David Chierchini who
suffered a leg injury," Piervincenzi told ANSA.
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