A 19-year-old Egyptian man has been
arrested for allegedly hitting with a stick a security guard
protecting Jewish Brigade representatives on the sidelines of
Thursday's Liberation Day march in Milan, sources said on
Friday.
Eight other men from North Africa have been reported to criminal
prosecutors over the attack on the Jewish Brigade near a fast
food restaurant that also featured kicks and punches.
They were all charged with incitement to commit racial, ethnic
and religious discrimination.
The incident was not related to the pro-Palestine demonstration
in Milan's Piazza Duomo.
The marches that took place in Milan and Rome for Liberation
Day, when Italy celebrates its liberation from Fascism and the
Nazi occupation in World War II, were marred by tension.
In Rome firecrackers and stones were thrown and pro-Palestinian
protesters in Milan managed to break through a police cordon.
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