Police in Italy stop pro-Palestinian protesters from disrupting Olympic torch relay

Police successful Italy successfully intercepted and prevented pro-Palestinian activists from interfering with a ineffable Olympic contented connected Saturday. 

The Italian constabulary said that the pro-Palestinian activists were prevented from coming into interaction with the opening stages of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics torch relay.

Both groups of protesters were removed earlier they reached the relay way successful Rome, per police. 

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The Olympic torch is lit successful Greece.  (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A 3rd radical of astir 10 radical that was monitored by constabulary waved Palestinian flags erstwhile the relay passed by the city’s biggest university, La Sapienza.

There were besides 3 radical carrying signs successful enactment of Venezuela adjacent the American embassy.

In October, much than 2 cardinal demonstrators marched done much than 100 Italian cities to protestation the warfare successful Gaza.

Olympic champion swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri began the relay successful the statue-lined Stadio dei Marmi and the torch was carried for 20 miles earlier ending the time successful Piazza del Popolo.

The relay volition screen astir 7,500 miles and upwind its mode done each 110 Italian provinces earlier reaching Milan’s San Siro Stadium for the opening ceremonial connected Feb. 6.

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Short-track speedskater Jean-Francois Monette lights the Olympic occurrence astatine Montreal's Olympic Stadium during the Olympic torch relay, Dec. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)

In all, determination volition beryllium 10,001 torch-bearers.

The adjacent stops connected the torch relay are Viterbo connected Sunday, and Terni connected Monday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters causing disruption to sporting events person go progressively regular implicit the past year, particularly sporting events involving Israeli teams. 

Last month, aggregate radical were arrested astatine a shot lucifer successful the United Kingdom that progressive Israeli squad Maccabi Tel Aviv. Israeli fans of the squad were prohibited from attending the lucifer owed to information concerns, but disturbances inactive broke retired regardless, with anti-Israel protesters successful the vicinity. 

Multiple radical were arrested astatine a shot lucifer successful the United Kingdom that progressive Israeli squad Maccabi Tel Aviv. Israeli fans of the squad were prohibited from attending the lucifer owed to information concerns, but disturbances inactive broke retired regardless, with anti-Israel protesters successful the vicinity. 

An Israeli cycling squad was excluded from an October contention successful Italy, the Giro dell'Emilia, due to the fact that of concerns implicit perchance disruptive pro-Palestinian protests. Organizers made the determination aft protesters repeatedly disrupted the caller Spanish Vuelta. 

Seven of the past 11 days of racing astatine the Vuelta were chopped abbreviated oregon interrupted due to the fact that Spain's authorities estimated much than 100,000 radical were connected the streets successful Madrid during the last signifier successful September. 

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The protesters said their actions were aimed astatine denouncing Israel's subject run successful Gaza aft Hamas' deadly onslaught connected Israel Oct. 7, 2023.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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