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Bologna police say 64 officers injured in Monday's rioting in city

Bologna police say 64 officers injured in Monday's rioting in city
Bologna police say 64 officers injured in Monday's rioting in city

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 21 - Bologna police said Tuesday that 64 officers were injured, with prognoses ranging from three to 35 days, in clashes on Monday with people protesting about the death of a Moroccan man while he was being restrained by police in the city on Sunday. The force said six of its vehicles were damaged while two other cars were torched and the windows of shops and banks were scrawled with graffiti or smashed. Dozens of bicycles...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 21 - Bologna police said Tuesday that 64 officers were injured, with prognoses ranging from three to 35 days, in clashes on Monday with people protesting about the death of a Moroccan man while he was being restrained by police in the city on Sunday. The force said six of its vehicles were damaged while two other cars were torched and the windows of shops and banks were scrawled with graffiti or smashed. Dozens of bicycles used by protestors to create barricades were destroyed too. (see related stories). (ANSA).

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