Turin, 31 July 2021 – A film unfortunately already seen. Clashes, voltage and two injured policemen. This is the balance of the clashes that took place this afternoon in Val di Susa with the No Tav. According to initial information, these are precisely two policemen, whose conditions are not serious. During the accidents at the Chiomonte construction site, the approx 300 protesters they threw stones and firecrackers at the police. The A32 motorway Turin-Bardonecchia was closed (and then reopened).
It was “a unprecedented violent attack“, argued the Turin Police Headquarters, working to identify those responsible for the clashes. The riots broke out at the end of the procession started from Giaglione as part of the music and cultural festival ‘High happiness’, organized by the No Tav under the patronage of the Municipality of Venaus.
The demonstrators walked the Gallo Romano path until they reached the barrier gate located on the Strada delle Gallie. Here about 300 activists, misrepresented, cut the concertina in various places using shears. According to the reconstruction of the Police Headquarters, at the same time 300 individuals, using the high paths, reached the fence where they launched the attack, throwing stones, smoke bombs and paper bombs “of high potential”.
The antagonists were repelled by law enforcement through the “calibrated use” of tear gas. The clashes, which began around 4 pm and ended around 7.30 pm, also affected the areas adjacent to the motorway which, for safety reasons, was closed to traffic for over an hour.
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