Italian police have clashed with refugees in the capital
city, triggering an outcry among international human rights groups.
Police dressed in anti-riot gear used water cannon and
batons on Thursday to clear hundreds of mostly Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees
who had occupied a square near Rome’s main train station.
Police said two people were arrested and more than a dozen
others injured in the dawn operation.
They said the move was necessary because the refugees
occupying the square had refused to accept city-organized lodging and were
using hazardous cooking gas canisters and other flammable materials at the
public location.
On Twitter, Doctors Without Borders posted pictures of the
police operation and protested the “indiscriminate use of violence.”
The organization said there were no ambulances nearby to
help, and that their volunteers treated 13 injured people, including an elderly
woman who fainted after being hit by a water jet.
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