HOPES that Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, might act as a restraining influence on his far-right electoral allies were looking distinctly misplaced this week after he reacted to a racially motivated attack by describing illegal migrants as a “social bomb”.
His remarks gave an ugly edge to the campaign ahead of Italy’s general election on March 4th. Mr Berlusconi, the leader of Forza Italia, was commenting on a series of drive-by shootings of immigrants on February 3rd in the city of Macerata in east-central Italy. Six people were injured, one seriously. All the victims were Africans.
A 28-year-old man, Luca Traini, gave himself up after the shootings. He was reported to have told police that he was avenging the death of a woman whose dismembered body was found near Macerata on January 31st. A Nigerian man has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.
Matteo Salvini of the hard-right Northern League pledged that, if he were to become prime minister, his government would repatriate anyone without a...Continue reading
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