Italy’s far-right leader was pelted with eggs and called an ‘idiot’ amid violent clashes between police and protesters in a coronavirus hotspot
The buildings were sealed off but a group of residents defied the order to stay put, marching through the town in protest at what they said was racist discrimination.Police violently held back protesters There have been riots between locals and migrant workers in the town following a surge of infections
Many of those living at the complex are Bulgarians working as seasonal fruit pickers in the fields around the town. The region of Campania has been only marginally hit by the pandemic whose epicentre is in four northern regions which account for 70% of the roughly 240,000 confirmed cases. Wearing an Italian flag mask around his neck, Salvini told reporters it was his duty to visit the town, with his words almost inaudible among the protesters’ yelling and chanting.Italy’s far-right leader Matteo Salvini said it was his duty to visit an area where tensions between migrants and locals are boiling over
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