Police on Friday detained three
demonstrators who were protesting a planned Saturday rally by
the anti-immigrant Northern League party in Rome.
The protesters had entered one of the churches on Rome's
central Piazza del Popolo and planned to spend the night there,
sources said.
A 40-year-old woman was injured and hospitalized when
police tried to dislodge the protesters from the church.
Northern League chief Roberto Salvini called the protest
"delinquent".
"I hope the police are ready to...put them in jail and keep
them there as long as necessary," he told Radio Padania, his
party's radio station.
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