Italian police on Wednesday raided the homes of 24 people suspected of promoting fascism during a rally praising dictators Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler at a restaurant in Ferrara’s Jewish quarter. I searched.
Investigators say the suspects, all in their 20s and 30s and residents of the northern Italian city, attended the Dec. 20 rally and praised Hitler and Mussolini, as well as Anne Frank and black Italians. He also allegedly distributed content insulting player Fiona May. Andrea Zaccone. The suspects attended the rally wearing orange prison uniforms common in the United States, but it was not clear why.
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He said the group threatened to kill other customers who disrupted their racist chants and did not stop after police responded to the complaint.
Items recovered from a private home investigated for an apology for fascism are shown on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, in Ferrara, Italy. (Italian Police, Associated Press)
The suspects are being investigated for inciting racial hatred and apologizing for fascism, an Italian crime that glorifies Italy’s fascist past and seeks to revive the fascist party.
During the raid, police recovered orange prison uniforms, fake pistols, chains, knives and batons, as well as printed materials, including a calendar with Mussolini’s portrait. Electronic devices seized in the raid are being investigated to determine whether the incident was an isolated incident or part of a larger pattern.
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Anti-Semitic incidents have skyrocketed in Italy since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel and the resulting war in Gaza.
