A 36-year-old man was arrested for injuring a police officer with a bottle. On his phone, instructions for sabotage and building explosive devices.
A 36-year-old anarchist, Giovanni Lago, has been arrested in Rome after nearly six months of investigation. The man is accused of throwing a glass bottle that, on April 18, struck the deputy head of Rome's Digos, Francesco Romano, directly in the face during an unauthorized demonstration in solidarity with anarchist Alfredo Cospito. The officer sustained a head injury with a prognosis of 54 days.
The search following the arrest revealed documents and manuals on the 36-year-old's cellphone and computer containing instructions for preparing explosive devices and techniques for sabotaging essential public services, such as railway traffic and penitentiary institutions. These materials led to the addition of a charge for possessing materials with terrorist intent. The Digos is now investigating the man's possible connections with anarchist circles.
The arrest occurs within a context of tensions related to the detention of anarchist Alfredo Cospito, sentenced to the harsh 41 bis prison regime for bombings. On April 18 of this year, about two hundred anarchists organized an unauthorized march in San Lorenzo, Rome, to protest this sentence. During the demonstration, some participants began to contest the presence of journalists and photographers, leading to clashes that escalated into bottle-throwing.
The discovery of bomb-making manuals on the arrested individual’s phone recalls another investigation into anarchists last June, when the manual "Ricette Ardenti" (Fiery Recipes) surfaced, attributed to the German far-left group "Kommando Angry Birds" and also circulated in Italian within anarcho-insurrectionist circles. The website from which such manuals were downloaded, linked to the Autistici/Inventati collective, is no longer accessible after becoming a target of sanctions by the Trump administration last August. This case highlights law enforcement concerns about radicalization and the potential planning of violent acts within these circles.
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