Far-right militants attack a journalist from the newspaper ‘La Stampa’ in Turin

A journalist from the Italian newspaper La Stampa He was attacked on Saturday night by far-right militantswho beat him when he was trying to document a meeting in front of a place frequented by far-right sympathizers in Turin (north), the newspaper revealed on Sunday.

The incident, which is already being investigated by the police, occurred when some militants of the neo-fascist group Pound House They were celebrating a party outside the premises, the journalist approached, Andrea Jolywho was filming with his mobile phone, and was asked: “Are you one of us?”

The attackers then ordered him to hand over his mobile phone, threatened him and attacked him, even while he was walking away, when He fell to the ground and was kicked, which forced the journalist to receive medical treatment in hospital.

Agents from the General Investigations and Special Operations Division (Digos) are investigating what happened, analyzing the images to try to identify the authors of the attack.

The mayor of TurinStefano Lo Russo expressed his solidarity with the journalist: “Freedom of the press is a fundamental pillar of democracy and any attack on those who exercise the right to inform is an attack on democratic values ​​themselves.”

“Episodes of violence and vile aggression such as this, for which I hope those responsible will be held accountable as soon as possible, must have no place in our city. They cannot be tolerated at all and must be firmly condemned by all political forces,” he said.