Italy on alert as anarchists attack diplomatic missions - New York Post

Italy’s authorities has accrued information astatine its diplomatic missions astir the globe successful effect to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an informal anarchist web acting successful solidarity with an imprisoned Italian militant, the overseas curate said Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani cited astir a twelve attacks since the extremity of November, ranging from vandalism to explosive devices that person caused harm to Italian diplomatic targets successful Argentina, Bolivia, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. No injuries person been reported.

“It is evident that determination is an planetary solidarity (among anarchists) and truthful an onslaught against Italy, against Italian institutions, is being carried out crossed the world,’’ Tajani said, adding that information was being raised astatine each Italian embassies and consulates arsenic good arsenic the overseas ministry.

Tajani said they judge the web includes some Italians and anarchists from different countries acting successful concert. He referred to graffiti scrawled successful Catalan connected the gathering lodging the Italian Consulate successful Barcelona.

The astir superior of the attacks was the firebombing of 2 cars astatine the residence of an Italian diplomat successful Athens successful aboriginal December — 1 car was torched, and Tajani said lone the nonaccomplishment of the 2nd weaponry targeting a car wrong the store of the residence and adjacent a state enactment averted worse consequences.

Italian officials accrued information astatine its diplomatic ngo due to the fact that of terroristic attacks. AP

Officials judge the violent web includes some Italians and overseas anarchists. AP

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The attacks and protests are successful solidarity with militant Alfredo Cospito, who changeable an vigor enforcement and acceptable disconnected a bid of dynamite attacks. AP

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The attacks and arsenic good arsenic a bid of protests, including 1 planned Tuesday successful Madrid, are successful solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, who has been connected a hunger onslaught since October to protestation a strict situation authorities reserved for terrorists and mafiosi. The 55-year-old militant is serving a 10-year condemnation for shooting successful the limb an vigor enforcement for a state-controlled institution and 20 years for a bid of dynamite attacks successful Italy.

An appeals tribunal successful Turin past outpouring toughened his situation conditions to see solitary confinement but for 1 hr a time and a strict bounds of household visits. The authorities is imposed connected prisoners who are considered to airs a information adjacent from wrong prison.

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said that the information of the attacks lone reinforces the necessity of the authorities successful Cospito’s case.

Cospito’s lawyers are presently appealing the strict conditions.

In the meantime, Cospito has been transferred from Sardinia to a situation southbound of Milan, which Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said was champion equipped to woody with the wellness challenges of the hunger strike.

In Italy, anarchists connected Monday torched cars belonging to the TIM telecommunications company, scrawling slogans denouncing Cospito’s attraction nearby. This weekend, a tiny radical of his supporters clashed with constabulary successful Rome and 2 incendiary devices were lobbed successful the parking batch of a constabulary presumption successful the capital. No 1 was injured.