Recently hundreds of left-wing extremists in Turin brutally attacked police officers, including with hammers, resulting in over 100 injured.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionItaly
- Omissions
- The event occurred on January 31, 2025, not February 2026 - over one year before the MEP's speech
- The MEP's claim that this happened 'recently' is misleading as the event was a year old at the time of the speech
- No primary official source (Italian police or government) was found - only secondary news sources
- The specific claim of 'hundreds' of attackers and use of 'hammers' could not be independently verified from available sources
- Sources
- SecondaryUkranewsOver 100 policemen injured in Turin protests on January 31, 2025; far-left extremists and antifa erupted in violent riots attacking police with stones
- SecondaryHungarian ConservativeMasked Antifa-linked extremists armed with improvised weapons clashed with Italian police in Turin on Saturday, January 31, resulting in multiple injuries