NP - Genoa: covered in blood

[David Morris]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,528181,00.html

"A carabinieri whacked me in the neck and with his shield pushed me against 
the wall," he said. "I fell to the ground and four or five carabinieri 
started kicking me, really hard, in the chest, legs, back.

"I had my arms up, saying 'don't hit me, I'm not resisting arrest'. I could 
say it only in English so I suppose they couldn't understand that. There was 
this extraordinary sound as they beat their shields and charged."

Then he was beaten for a second time. "I heard my ribs break, like snapping 
matchsticks. I was still conscious at this stage. They take a running jump 
at you like kicking a football." Somebody dragged him by the neck to the 
front of the school and he was beaten again. "That was by far the worst. I 
thought, my God, this is it, I'm going to die."

He tried to remain lying on his right side. He said: "I knew if I turned 
over I would die. And I thought that if I could just keep one eye open I 
would stay alive."

He lost consciousness and woke up in the San Martino hospital. He had five 
broken ribs, some of which pierced his lung and possibly a ruptured spleen. 
He has not been able to stand up since and lost 10 teeth.



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