Pro Pal protesters gather, square sealed off in Rome

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 5 - Chants of "Free Palestine", "Criminal Israel" and "Now Intifada" rang out in Piazzale Ostiense in Rome Saturday where the first groups of protesters arrived for a pro-Palestinian march in defiance of a police ban.
    The area was heavily guarded and a helicopter was flying over the zone.
    Law enforcement officers, armored vehicles and water cannons were deployed at all entrances to the square where documents were asked of those who entered.
    There fears of extremists infiltrating the march. (ANSA).