A Rome metro worker is set for
disciplinary action after making a tannoy announcement warning
passengers to hold on to their bags and wallets for fear of
thieving Romany.
"Beware of gypsies, beware of gypsies" said the unnamed
announcer over the communications system, alerting users to what
is often seen as a traditional peril on the Italian capital's
public transport system.
Journalist and writer Francesca Mannocchi tweeted that she had
heard the announcement at a Metro C stop and wanted to know what
Rome's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Mayor Roberto Gualtieri
thought about it.
Roman public transport company ATAC said it had immediately
identified the author of the "discriminatory and offensive"
announcement.
Stressing that it was not a recorded message, ATAC said "this
was a personal initiative which the company deems unacceptable".
The culprit, it said would be subjected to "a disciplinary
measure".
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