La Russa 'shameful' on Via Rasella say partisans

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 31 - Senate Speaker Ignazio la Russa's characterization of the Via Rasella partisan attack on German-speaking northern Italian paramilitary police that sparked the Ardeatine Caves reprisal massacre as "anything but noble" are "shameful words", Partsian Association ANPI said Friday.
    "La Russa's words are simply unworthy of the high office he holds and represent yet another very serious rift aimed at absolving fascism and delegitimising the Resistance," said This ANPI President Gianfranco Pagliarulo.
    "The third battalion of the Polizeiregiment hit on Via Rasella (in Rome) as it marched armed to the teeth," said Pagliarulo, "was completing its training to go on to fight the Allies and the partisans, as actually happened.
    "The other two battalions of the Polizeiregiment had long been engaged in Istria and Veneto against the partisans," said the ANPI chief. (ANSA).