African illegal Aliens destroy Italy

African illegal Aliens destroy Italy
Scattered acts of vandalism by immigrants continued throughout the day as some smashed store windows. Police said that in two separate incidents locals had tried to run over immigrants with their cars. Schools and many shops were closed.

Hundreds of local residents gathered outside the town hall on Friday evening, many of them asking that the government intervene against the immigrants.

"They are the ones who should be afraid now, they should go away," one resident told Sky Italia television.

The national police chief ordered additional security forces to the area.

Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, from the far-right Northern League party that is a junior partner in Silvio Berlusconi's government, set up a task force to look into what caused the violence.

Maroni sparked controversy when he said one of the reasons for the violence was that illegal immigration had been "tolerated all these years".

Opposition leader Pierluigi Bersani and several centre-left politicians accused Maroni of fuelling the tension.

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