Naples, 9 April 2024 – Students injured at anti-NATO march in Naples, where the clashes in front of the San Carlo Theater made the climate hot. And of ten boys injured – three of them at the head – is the balance drawn by the organizers of the sit-in.
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In the aftermath of the violence that erupted during the protest on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Atlantic Alliance, this morning the activists of theStudent network for Palestine‘, from Mezzocannone Occupato and from the Ex Opg ‘Je so Pazzo’ broke the silence by telling journalists about the moments of fear and tension. And they did it in front of the theater where the scuffles took place yesterday. Meanwhile, theoccupation of the Federico II University.
“In Naples there were no clashes: the police charged a group of demonstrators in a very heavy manner. People had their hands up and the police used truncheons and shields, chasing and hitting students. It’s not the first episode, let’s ask again identification codes on uniforms“, tells Marthaone of the girls present at the event yesterday.
Protest against NATO in Naples: clashes between demonstrators and the police
”What happened yesterday – says the Neapolitan spokesperson of the Network, Davide Dioguardi – tells us that the warlords should not be disturbed, even at the price of opening the heads of activists and students. And he also talks about a very serious lack of the Manfredi administration on the basic concepts of democracy and right to dissent. Manfredi speaks of Naples as a city of peace while he shakes hands with the warmongers and the lords of arms. He should be ashamed”.
“I spent the night in hospital. I had five stitches to the head. I received two truncheons, the first on the head, the second on the arm. What happened yesterday demonstrates once again how our Government’s response to those who take to the streets is only one: the most violent repression. They have us beaten, charged, chased. Like it happened to me: I was chased by a policeman.” That’s what he’s talking about Francis20 years old, philosophy student, one of the boys injured yesterday.
Francesco shows his head wound in the aftermath of the march, while the students were gathered outside the Massimo Neapolitan displaying a banner with the words ‘Theatre of war? No to Nato at San Carlo!’ and the photo of the injured boys.
“We are the same students who were in the square in Pisa, the students beaten with truncheons outside the Rai, those who yesterday were in the square with banners saying no to war, no to violence, Italy is a country that repudiates war. Yesterday – adds Francis – was not a charge, but a beating”.
The police charge at the student march in Naples
Emanuela, 23 years old, student at the Academy of Fine Arts, has bruises and bruises on her face. “I received one truncheon on the head, then one on the arm. I felt faint – the girl remembers – I was thrown to the ground. My companions helped me, otherwise they would have continued beating me. There has been an excessive use of repression and violence, we only had one banner. We stayed tortured for no reason. But we will carry on, despite the bruises.”
L’Federico II University of Naples has been occupied since yesterday, students are calling for an end to the war in Gaza. ”There protest doesn’t stop nowthe occupation of the rectorate is underway: we demand answers from rector Lorito regarding the agreements with Israeli universities and with the State of Israel”, he explains Davide Dioguardi.
“The battle does not end here, we will return to the streets on April 19th on the occasion of the global strike called by ‘Fridays for Future‘, which falls on the last day of work of the G7 Foreign Ministers in Capri which we intend to contest”, announces the spokesperson of the Network.
