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Italian Priest Says He Won't Repent After Flipping off Masked Milan Rioter as Tourists Shelter Inside

A Milan priest has defended returning a middle-finger gesture to a masked youth during violent unrest, after opening his church to people fleeing clashes and looting.

International Business Times UK · Oct 24

Masked gang blow the doors off armoured cash van in dramatic Italian Job-style heist on motorway

Southeastern Italy is a hotspot for dramatic car robberies by organised crime groups, particularly in the Puglia region

The Independent UK · Feb 10

Three Italian police killed in apparently deliberate farmhouse explosion during eviction attempt

The two-storey farmhouse had been filled with gas and the explosion was set off when authorities opened the door, regional governor Luca Zaia told Sky TG24.

Euronews · Oct 14, 2025

Italian island struggles to cope as migrant surge doubles population

A migrant reception centre in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week.

France 24 · Sep 15, 2023

Van carrying oxygen tanks explodes in Milan; driver injured

A van that was transporting oxygen tanks has exploded in the center of the Italian city of Milan

The Independent UK · May 11, 2023

Survivor of deadly Ischia landslide describes huge roar

A survivor of a weekend landslide that killed eight people and left four missing on the Italian resort island of Ischia has described the horror of awakening to a “thunderous roar” as the mass of loosened earth approached

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022