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Italian rightists target black minister with bloody mannequins
Source: Reuters
Italian rightists target black minister with bloody mannequins
ROME | Wed Sep 4, 2013 11:05am EDT
(Reuters) - Italy's far-right Forza Nuova party left three mannequins covered in fake blood at the front door of a city administrative office in Rome on Wednesday in the latest attack on Italy's first black minister, Cecile Kyenge.
Integration Minister Kyenge, who was born in Democratic Republic of Congo, has been the target of repeated racist attacks since taking office in April.
Forza Nuova posted pictures of the mannequins on its Facebook page, along with comments by a spokesman saying the protest was aimed at stopping the minister's campaign to make it easier for immigrants to acquire Italian citizenship.
"Immigration is the genocide of peoples. Kyenge resign!" read fliers bearing the Forza Nuova symbol that were scattered around the dummies.
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ROME | Wed Sep 4, 2013 11:05am EDT
(Reuters) - Italy's far-right Forza Nuova party left three mannequins covered in fake blood at the front door of a city administrative office in Rome on Wednesday in the latest attack on Italy's first black minister, Cecile Kyenge.
Integration Minister Kyenge, who was born in Democratic Republic of Congo, has been the target of repeated racist attacks since taking office in April.
Forza Nuova posted pictures of the mannequins on its Facebook page, along with comments by a spokesman saying the protest was aimed at stopping the minister's campaign to make it easier for immigrants to acquire Italian citizenship.
"Immigration is the genocide of peoples. Kyenge resign!" read fliers bearing the Forza Nuova symbol that were scattered around the dummies.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/04/us-italy-minister-idUSBRE9830S920130904
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WTF is wrong with some people?!