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Northern Italy Schools and Campuses See Clashes as Police Open Multiple Probes

The immediate focus is on assigning responsibility, with competing narratives shaping the debate.

Overview

  • Turin police identified and denounced a 15–16-year-old after a morning confrontation at Liceo Einstein where a group presenting itself as Gioventù Nazionale held an “anti‑maranza” leaflet drop, with authorities reporting injuries to officers and the student denying he struck anyone.
  • Gioventù Nazionale’s Turin federation publicly distanced itself, stating the leafleting outside the school was carried out by individuals not registered with the local federation.
  • Hundreds of students mobilized in Turin after the incident, marching to a Fratelli d’Italia office, throwing eggs at its windows, and shoving a police vehicle that was later defaced with graffiti.
  • In Genoa, investigators are reviewing footage and witness accounts after a night raid on the occupied Liceo Leonardo left heavy damage and swastikas, with police saying early testimony also described very young attackers labeled as “maranza” and no motive being ruled out.
  • At Venice’s Ca’ Foscari University, protesters prevented Emanuele Fiano from speaking, with reports of threats and damage at the lecture-room entrance drawing cross‑party condemnation and prompting scrutiny of campus security and free‑speech protections, as the rector signaled no immediate complaints against still‑unidentified participants.