Italy: Police and neo-Nazi activists clash at demonstrations in Macerata

Published on 09/02/2018 - 07:42

The protest follows the shooting and wounding of six African immigrants in the small Italian city by a right-wing extremist.

Around thirty neo-Nazi activists of the Forza Nuova extreme right party have staged an unauthorised demonstration in Macerata, after a right-wing extremist shot and wounded six African immigrants in the small Italian city on Saturday.

Police say the suspect claims to have been acting out of revenge after a Nigerian immigrant was accused of dismembering an 18-year-old teen whose remains were found four days earlier.