Lecce : Police arrests five anarchists for su
Groot Lulu voor (AGI) - 13.05.2005 14:29
Repression in Italy
Italy, May 12 - Five anarchist insurrectionists have been arrested by the police in Lecce. They are supposed to have promoted, constituted, organized, directed and participated in an association for the subversion of democratic order and other serious crimes. The operation, carried out by the special police department of Lecce and coordinated by the central anti-terrorism police department, permitted to establish that the persons arrested are authors of several crimes, like revolts instigated and carried out by the immigrants in the temporary shelter "Regina Pacis" in San Foca di Melendugno (LE), serious threats against personnel of the shelter, damaging of the commercial activity of multinational clothing company Benetton, which has "taken possession" of vast areas in South America belonging to the "Mapuche" tribe, damaging of several cash points of the BCI Banca Intesa all over the country, since the bank keeps the funds of Regina Pacis, damaging and theft at petrol pumps of oil company Esso, since the company supplies fuel to the military coalition in Iraq. During the operation, approximately 150 state police units were used, carrying out more that twenty searches in the homes of other anarchists living in the provinces of Lecce, Aosta, Torino, Trento, Trieste, Chieti, Cagliari, Taranto and Catania. Details regarding the operation will be made public during a press conference at the police headquarters of Lecce at 10.30 AM. (AGI).
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