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Anti-fascist protesters clash with police in Bologna

Four students and a police officer were injured.

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Clashes between police and protesters in Bologna, Italy (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)

Italian police have turned water cannon on anti-fascist protesters who were trying to disrupt a planned campaign appearance by the head of the neo-fascist Forza Nuova in Bologna.

Clashes broke out on Friday afternoon when police intervened to prevent anti-fascist demonstrators from occupying a square in the traditionally left-wing city of Bologna where the Forza Nuova leader was scheduled to speak.

Clashes in Bologna (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
Clashes in Bologna (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)

The protests come amid fears of a revival of neo-fascist sentiment ahead of Italy’s national election on March 4.

Forza Nuova leader Roberto Fiore arrives to speak (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
Forza Nuova leader Roberto Fiore arrives (Giorgio Benvenuti/ANSA via AP)
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