Overview
- Police named two people from Padova and one from Naples in connection with the burnings during a Rome march opposing a referendum and the war.
- Formal complaints to the judiciary are being prepared as investigators continue image analysis to identify additional participants.
- The most tense moments occurred in Piazza dell'Esquilino, where two posters were set on fire using smoke grenades.
- One burned poster depicted Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni holding Justice Minister Carlo Nordio on a leash alongside the message “No al vostro referendum.”
- Another showed Meloni shaking hands with Benjamin Netanyahu, and a separate group on Via Cavour burned a U.S. flag poster and a photo of President Donald Trump near a pro‑Cuba banner.