4 neofascists arrested for assaulting Italian journalist

On July 21, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack and offered her solidarity with the reporter, while opposition leaders advised the federal government to dissolve neofascist companies such as CasaPound.

In a note, the general public district attorney’s office in Turin said there was “the risk of repetition of criminal offenses of the exact same nature,” by the militants because of their “terrible nature” and “solid criminal reactions,” Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano reported.

The 4 militants were placed under house apprehension on costs of threat by force and worsened bodily injury versus the press reporter. The exploring court is still to rule on a 5th person presumed of being involved in the assault.

The reporter for La Stampa paper, was attacked by members of the neofascist group outside of the CasaPound head office in the north Italian city of Turin on the night of July 20.|Andreas Solaro/AFP using Getty Images

When 2 men approached him and asked him to hand over the gadget, the journalist was secretly filming with his phone scenes of the militants holding a celebration in their headquarters. They then kicked him as he attempted to escape, creating an injury that needed health center therapy. Forty-eight hours later, Turin’s investigative authorities recognized five individuals believed in the attack.