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Several officers were injured at a rally in memory of a 19-year-old Italian-Egyptian man who died in a police chase in Milan in November.
Several officers were injured in Rome and Bologna on Saturday at the highly charged rallies held in memory of Ramy Elgaml.He had been riding on the back of a moped with his friend Fares Bouzidi in an eight kilometre long chase with a police car.Bouzidi had failed to stop at a police roadblock and afterwards the moped crashed into a pole, killing Elgaml instantly.The protests were organised by the Italian Anti-Racist Coordination, and joined by several student groups and associations, a few days after a video that filmed part of the chase was released. In some scenes, the carabinieri can be heard commenting on the chase and cursing because they are unable to stop the moped.What we know about Elgaml and Bouzidi’s deadly chaseThe chase ended when the moped mounted the pavement and crashed into a pole as the police car was in pursuit. Bouzidi, who was arrested for aggravated resistance and investigated for road homicide in complicity, said in his testimony that the car touched the moped before the crash. From the videos released, the two vehicles are very close but it is not clear whether there was an impact.Bouzidi and the police officer who was driving car that chased the two remain under investigation. The police are investigating whether a road homicide was committed, rather than the more serious charge of murder with possible malice.The protests organised over the death of Ramy ElgamlThe videos have rekindled anger at Elgaml’s death and on Saturday afternoon in Rome’s San Lorenzo district, demonstrators threw smoke bombs at the police, the officers reacted by charging the protesters. At least eight policemen were injured in the capital, while investigators are investigating to identify the violent participants in the demonstration.Demonstrations were also held at the same time in Milan, Brescia and Bologna. In the capital of Emilia, some demonstrators smashed shop windows and at least ten officers were injured. Two people, aged 23 and 30, were arrested and charged by the police and later released. During the night some of the demonstrators also stormed the synagogue in Bologna and vandalised it with the slogan “JUSTICE FREE GAZA.”Political reaction to the clashes during the demonstrationsAfterwards Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denounced the violence in a post on X:”Among paper bombs, smoke bombs, and aggression, last night in Rome we witnessed yet another ignoble episode of disorder and chaos by the usual troublemakers who took to the streets not to demonstrate for a cause, but out of a purely vindictive spirit.”Ramy Elgaml’s family condemns the violenceElgaml’s family has spoken out, saying that they condemn the violence. “We are deeply disturbed to learn that Ramy’s name is being used as a pretext for acts of violence. We strongly condemn all forms of violence and vandalism that have occurred in the demonstrations of the past few hours. We believe that Ramy’s memory should be a symbol of unity, not of division or destruction,” the family told the Agi news agency through their lawyer, Barbara Indovina.”We dissociate ourselves from any political use of our son’s name,” the family added.
