Interior Minister Alfano threatens to 'close central Rome'

(ANSA) Rome, April 18 - Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Friday he will "forbid access (to) Rome's centre" if demonstrations and riots continue to plague the capital.
    Alfano did not elaborate in his remark, made as an aside as he briefed the Lower House on illegal immigration to Italy.
    Also Friday at a press conference, the conservative politician added that he was "against identification codes for law enforcement forces. "If demonstrators are like this, identification is needed for them, not for the police." The government has come under mounting criticism recently due to incidents of alleged police brutality against demonstrators protesting housing shortages in the capital.