Another 17 cops probed in Verona 'brutality' case

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 7 - Another 17 police have been placed under investigation in in a case of alleged brutality in Verona that has already led to the arrest of five officers, judicial sources said Wednesday.
    The case, in which street people and migrants in custody were allegedly tortured by being used as 'mops' to clean up their own urine, has gained shocked headlines in Italy and redirected the spotlight on a move by the ruling rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) party to rescind the crime of torture from the criminal code.
    The Verona public prosecutor's office's is investigating alleged episodes of torture, mistreatment and embezzlement that on Tuesday led to the arrest of the five police officers on duty at the Veneto city's flying squad.
    Against the 17, the office has applied to preliminary investigations judge (GIP) Livia Magri to apply "interdiction measures", such as suspension from duty or transfers, the sources said. (ANSA).