Joly, a reporter for La Stampa newspaper, was attacked by members of the neofascist group outdoors of the CasaPound headquarters within the northern Italian metropolis of Turin on the night time of July 20.
The journalist was secretly filming together with his telephone scenes of the militants holding a celebration of their headquarters when two males approached him and requested him handy over the machine. They then kicked him as he tried to get away, inflicting an damage that required hospital remedy. Forty-eight hours later, Turin’s investigative authorities recognized 5 individuals suspected within the assault.
Following the assault, Joly spoke out to explain what occurred. “I used to be afraid of being strangled, I couldn’t breathe,” he mentioned in a video revealed by La Stampa.
On July 21, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the assault and supplied her solidarity with the journalist, whereas opposition leaders urged the federal government to dissolve neofascist organizations comparable to CasaPound.