Disclaimer:
These are at the moment the only infos to be found around, there is not yet any communique from any comrades about the happenings. Therefore a short summary of the facts taken from capitalist media and some authorities declarations follows (therefore treat them for what they are...), more infos to come as soon as we have them.
Operation 'Brushwood'
On the 23.10 the Carabinieri (Italian Military Police) of ROS (Special Anti-Terrorist branch of Carabinieri) arrested 5 people, while one more is under investigation but at liberty.
The operation took place in Perugia, Umbria (Central Italy), under the name of "Operation Brushwood". The comrades are being accused of being 'members' of a FAI cell (Anarchist Informal Federation), defined as being 'a very dangerous one' by the investigating authorities.
The cell's name should be "Coop/FAI" (Co-operative against all political orders). Apartments have been raided and computers confiscated by the cops. The authorities declared also that their attention is concentrating on other potential suspects.
Some of the current accusations are: sending a letter with two bullets and death-threat to the President of the local region, death-threat to the major of Spoleto, to some Carabinieri, damage of some construction buildings in the area, possession of weapons and theft. Of course, the main paragraph used against them is the 270bis (subversive association towards terrorism).
In the documents of this FAI cell there has been various talk about the struggle against the TAV (high velocity train), and in general other projects which put the environment in danger, with a declaration "towards the acceleration of the revolutionary guerrilla and of the ecological armed struggle in Umbria".
The addresses of the comrades:
Michele Fabiani, Andrea Di Nucci, Dario Polinori, Damiano Corrias & Fabrizio
Reali Roscini
c/o Casa Circondariale di Perugia
Capanne
strada Pievaiola km.11+800
06100 Perugia, Italy
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