A large group of 'no-TAV' activists
who oppose the high-speed rail (TAV) line being built between
Italy and France on Saturday launched an assault on a worksite
for the project at Chiomonte in the Val di Susa north of Turin.
The attack was made at many different points and protestors
threw firecrackers and flares at police.
Some of the demonstrators invaded the nearby Frejus highway,
halting traffic on the section between Susa and Bardonecchia.
Rome and Paris have vowed to complete the TAV line connecting
Turin with Lyon, despite the years-long and often violent
protests regarding its environmental impact.
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