The Fascist salutes made by
participants commemorating the 46th anniversary on Sunday of the
Acca Larentia massacre in which three far-right youth militants
died betrayed the memory of such a serious tragedy, Interior
Minister Matteo Piantedosi said on Wednedsay.
"The spirit of the commemoration of such serious tragedies as
Acca Larentia, which caused the cowardly murder of young people
and still remains without justice, is betrayed by the
re-proposal of gestures and symbols that represent an era
condemned by history," said Piantedosi during question time in
the Lower House.
The minister recalled that "the police headquarters have sent an
initial crime report to the competent judicial authority,
alleging the crime of apology of fascism against five members of
CasaPound, identified among the participants" in the
commemoration outside the former headquarters of the neoFascist
Italian Social Movement (MSI) in Via Acca Larentia.
CasaPound is an extraparliamentary Neofascist group based in
Rome.
This report, added Piantedosi, "will be followed by further
communications upon the conclusion of the recognition and
identification of other participants in the demonstration".
Earlier sources said over 100 people had been identified in
relation to the Fascist salutes made at the Acca Larentia
commemoration on Sunday.
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