Three people in handcuffs and four others, including a minor, reported at liberty.
Maxi brawl at the Shrine
This is the still summary summary of the huge brawl that broke out late on Friday afternoon at the Shrine. Those arrested, a 33-year-old of Afghan nationality, and two Italians aged 46 and 35, were placed under house arrest.
The protests
All three were accused of aggravated brawling but for one of these, the Italian who attempted to run over a foreigner with his car, the investigators also hypothesize attempted murder. Meanwhile, while the police took steps to seize the footage from the cameras of the supermarket overlooking the scene of the brawl, the causes of what was a true urban guerrilla war between families became increasingly clear.
The facts
The fuse was apparently lit by an argument that occurred around 4pm in the alleys of the historic centre, involving two groups of teenage girls, of Italian and South American nationality. Subsequently, the brother of one of the South American girls began to look for the others to ask for explanations about what had happened, setting in motion a rumor mill that would then also reach the families of the Italian girls.
The prelude to the uproar
Around 6pm, in the car park overlooking Piazza della Repubblica, a first clash reportedly took place between some young members of the two families at the center of the dispute. The prelude to the uproar that then broke out about twenty minutes later in Martyrs of Hungary square, where all hell broke loose in an instant.
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Baseball bats and a hammer were seized
The larger members of the families allegedly entered into the clash, including some women. Baseball bats and a hammer would then come out, subsequently seized by the police, until one of the members of the Italian group would try to run over some people, risking a real lynching once he got out of the car. It seems that the latter had already been involved in a similar episode in San Faustino in September a year ago.
The intervention of the police
What prevented the tragedy was the arrival of a police car and the intervention of several plainclothes officers and a carabinieri patrol.
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FULL ARTICLE IN THE VITERBO COURIER OF 28 APRIL – DIGITAL NEWSSTAND
