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Italy Fast-Tracks Security Decree After Turin ‘Urban Guerrilla’ Clashes

A Palazzo Chigi summit moved to finalize emergency measures following the assault on police and widespread unrest in Turin.

Overview

  • Ministers and police chiefs met in Rome to shape a package that could include a 12‑hour preventive hold and an expanded legal shield for those acting in service or self‑defence, with some measures likely shifted to a separate bill after constitutional checks.
  • Palazzo Chigi signaled outreach to opposition parties, asking for a unified parliamentary resolution as Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi prepares to brief lawmakers on the clashes.
  • Investigators arrested a 22‑year‑old identified from video as part of the group that beat officer Alessandro Calista, made two further arrests, and issued dozens of denunciations while seizing stones, wrenches, slingshots and knives.
  • Officers Alessandro Calista and Lorenzo Virgulti were discharged from hospital with prognoses of 20 and 30 days, and recounted how Virgulti shielded his colleague during the attack.
  • Security attention is shifting to Milan during the Milano–Cortina events and a planned national march, as the League presses to close social centers and authorities weigh tighter rules on occupied properties.