Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi has described as "unacceptable" Wednesday's attack by anarchists on a police car outside police headquarters in Turin. He said the attack was "symptomatic of the current climate of venom and suspicion against the forces of law and order and the Police" President Sergio Mattarella also called the chief of police to express solidarity with the officers in the patrol car that was attacked.
The police have come under scrutiny after officers baton-charged pro-Palestinian demonstrators including many students last Friday.