Italian policeman injured in far-right bookshop blast
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Published: 1 Jan, 2017 CET.
Updated: Sun 1 Jan 2017 12:42 CET
A police explosives expert was seriously injured on Sunday when a device placed outside a far-right bookshop in the central Italian city of Florence blew up, police said.
The officer suffered serious injuries to a hand and an eye, city police chief Alberto Initmi told RaiNews24 television.
Police called in an explosives team after a patrol spotted a suspicious package outside the bookshop, which has ties to a far-right group called Casa Pound.
As the experts approached the package, the blast occurred, said investigators cited by the Italian news agency AGI. The device had been fitted with a timer, they added.
Casa Pound first emerged in Rome in 2003. The movement now has several hundred members, who stage protests against the European Union (EU) and immigration.
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The officer suffered serious injuries to a hand and an eye, city police chief Alberto Initmi told RaiNews24 television.
Police called in an explosives team after a patrol spotted a suspicious package outside the bookshop, which has ties to a far-right group called Casa Pound.
As the experts approached the package, the blast occurred, said investigators cited by the Italian news agency AGI. The device had been fitted with a timer, they added.
Casa Pound first emerged in Rome in 2003. The movement now has several hundred members, who stage protests against the European Union (EU) and immigration.
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