The DIGOS special security and
political police branch have submitted an initial report to
prosecutors on the Fascist salutes made by hundreds of far right
militants at a ceremony Sunday marking the 46th anniversary of
the deaths of three far-right youth militants allegedly by far
left militants at a street in Rome called Acca Larentia after a
Roman goddess outside the headquarters of the former
headquarters of the neoFascist Italian Social Movement (MSI),
sources said on Tuesday.
Investigating officers have reportedly already identified some
participants in the episode.
The DIGOS is said to be using video surveillance footage to
reconstruct what happened during the event where the salutes
were made.
The event was attended by hundreds of people, but not by Premier
Giorgia Meloni's Bothers of Italy (FdI), an heir to the MSI,
which had organised two alternative events, according to the
party itself.
Earlier Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi told a hearing of
the Senate's Extraordinary Commission against intolerance,
racism, anti-Semitism and incitement to hatred and violence in
relation to the Acca Larentia that "those who manage public
order must ensure that no incidents occur".
"Who says that the police headquarters is not making
identifications and will not submit a report to the judiciary?"
said the minister.
"The police will report to the judiciary and in a democratic
state the judiciary makes its assessments concerning the type of
liability to emerge from what happened," he added.
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