High school students clash with police in Italy - Russia TV (Oct 5)

2012-10-06 · first published in marxsite · 114 words

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Only a fragment of this survives. It may have been a short link-and-comment post, which marxsite ran many of, or the opening of a longer piece cut off by the capture — from what remains there is no way to tell which.

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Police clad in riot gear violently clashed with student protesters as thousands poured onto the streets during anti-cuts demonstrations in several major Italian cities. Similar anti-austerity rallies were reported throughout the country. Hundreds of high-schooled aged protesters scuffled with police in Rome as they attempted to reach the country’s education ministry.

Riot police allegedly beat several student demonstrators with truncheons during the anti-cuts rally. Several demonstrators claim police pinned them to the ground with knees and batons pressed against their necks.Four police officers were reportedly injured, and several organizers of the “unauthorized” protest were detained.