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Two Police Officers Injured During Anarchist Protest in Italy’s Turin

© AP Photo / Andrew MedichiniDemonstrators show banners reading "By Alfredo side" and the "The state tortures Alfredo" during a protest in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, the jailed anarchists leader in hunger strike for more than 100 days, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.
Demonstrators show banners reading By Alfredo side and the The state tortures Alfredo during a protest in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, the jailed anarchists leader in hunger strike for more than 100 days, in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.03.2023
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ROME (Sputnik) - About 1,000 people have participated in a demonstration in support of anarchist Alfredo Cospito in the city of Turin in northern Italy, Italian media report.
Two law enforcement officers were injured during the Saturday protest, the Askanews news agency said. Anarchists were setting trash cans on fire, breaking shop windows and throwing firecrackers. Several cars were damaged.
The Italian TGcom24 news channel said that five protesters were detained and the identities of 150 protesters were recorded.
Cospito is serving a life sentence for organizing a series of extremist actions. He has been on a hunger strike for months, which has prompted his supporters to stage several protests in Rome, Milan, and Bologna.
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