Nine youths including three
minors have been placed under investigation for attacking fire
fighters on New Year's Eve in Milan.
The youths are suspected of complicity in causing fires,
resisting public officers, throwing dangerous objects and
interrupting a public service.
Their homes were searched Thursday morning.
They have also been accused of stealing keys to a fire
engine.
Police called the youths "common hooligans".
They said they were not linked to subversive circles, or to
so-called 'social centres' of anarchist squats.
Some of the youths are foreigners, police said.
Police said they stole the vehicle's keys to prevent the fire
teams putting out a fire they had started.
The youths gave TV interviews after their escapade, showing
the toy pistoils they had used on the fire teams.
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