Pisa, students beaten to protect the synagogue? “This is not true, we will sue and seek damages”

It is not true that the students beaten by the police in Pisa wanted to join the synagogue. Nor that they had in mind to achieve other “sensitive objectives”, as Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi defined them yesterday. The synagogue, among other things, was not even guarded by the police. In Piazza dei Miracoli, another risk point, there was only one police vehicle. And while the videos of the accusations are examined by the prosecution and the carabinieri, after the intervention of Sergio Mattarella, the parents of the boys also make themselves heard. Who will seek damages for the charge that sent their children to the hospital. However, according to the prefecture, no information on the repression was provided to the agents. And among the agents, there are some who talk about the danger that the students wanted to reach the Jewish cemetery instead.

Sensitive objectives

The Republic explains today that from via San Frediano, the place of the accusations, the students wanted to reach Piazza dei Cavalieri. The synagogue is 600 meters away. Piazza dei Miracoli is 800 meters away. “We didn't have a clear idea of ​​the route, we wanted to walk around the city and make ourselves heard, then have our rally at the San Rossore campus but they also stopped us from entering Piazza dei Cavalieri,” said we declared. students told the newspaper. Meanwhile, we are trying to figure out who gave the order to charge. Commissioner Sebastiano Salvo was busy that day with another event in the city. While the mobile service came from outside. But the coordination of public order always falls to an official from the Police Prefecture. And the police officers' version is very different from that of the demonstrators.

The reconstruction of agents

The students were arrested upon arrival near Piazza dei Cavalieri. Because the police were afraid of being able to cross the Piazza Duomo, go up the tower and reach the Jewish cemetery. Perhaps because “instigated by an antagonist” is the reasoning. Meanwhile, the families are considering legal action. “Not long ago, my daughter was released from the hospital. I thank the staff of the radiology and orthopedics departments of the Lotti Hospital in Pontedera for supporting her with great affection and professionalism. My minor daughter was tested for bruises from the beatings she received. Having fallen to the ground from the blows she had received, she was hit by a police officer who aimed his right leg with his baton. My daughter couldn't defend herself, she told the policeman to stop, but he didn't. Police officers, I don't know how you will view your children tonight. I feel disgusted and I shudder,” one mother wrote on Facebook according to the report National newspaper.

Hits to the shoulders, head, legs

Another mother speaks today with Republic of the condition of her son, aged 16 and still in shock. “They gave him a five-day prognosis for multiple bruises: he received blows to the shoulders, back, head and legs,” he said. The woman also spoke about the collective cause: “I spoke to those who were at the hospital and they all had the same idea. We must identify the culprits, there was no reason to do this. It was a peaceful protest, the boys' only fault was the lack of permission. But what they have suffered is too much. » In the videos you can also clearly see that none of the young people are holding sticks, stones or other dangerous objects. “A friend of my son was under observation for a head trauma, another was hit in the stomach and had blood in his urine, internal bleeding was feared. We are talking about children, they treated them in pediatrics,” adds the woman.

The beaten student

A battered student instead speaks today with the Qn. This is Francesco, an 18-year-old student at Itis da Vinci. “Generally we just wanted to protect ourselves. A young girl, according to the footage, was hit violently in the head with a baton and was bleeding. The ambulance arrived.” The boys raised their hands in front of the police “before” the accusation, the boy explains. “It was the first time I found myself in such a situation. We were waiting for the Celere, who been present during the last similar demonstrations. This happened because the initiative was pro-Palestinian, otherwise it would not have happened this way.”

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