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Terrorism Suspected After Italian Politician Shot In Apartment Courtyard

Former Turin mayoral candidate Alberto Musy was shot multiple times by a man wearing a motorcycle helmet who was waiting for him in the stairwell of his apartment building.

Alberto Musy last November (retroonline)
Alberto Musy last November (retroonline)

TURIN - A man wearing a motorcycle helmet shot a Turin city councilman Wednesday morning inside the politician's apartment building, sparking fears of a return to the political terrorism that has stained Italy's recent past.

Alberto Musy, who was a centrist candidate for Turin mayor in 2011, is in serious condition after being rushed to the hospital shortly after 8 a.m.

The assailant had managed to enter the apartment building in central Turin after posing as a delivery man. When Musy returned from dropping his child off at nursery school, the man was waiting for him in the stairwell. He tried to flee into the building's courtyard, but was shot from behind.

Hospital officials say Musy, who was unconscious upon arrival, is expected to survive.

Over the past decade, Italy has seen sporadic returns to the ideological terrorism of the Red Brigades and other groups that marked the "Years of Lead" of the 1970s and early 1980s.

Turin Mayor Piero Fassino said it was too early to confirm the nature of the attack, but added: "Whatever dynamic or motive, it's evident to (express) the most absolute condemnation for a grave episode."

Read the original article in Italian by Claudio Laugeri and Massimo Numa

photo - retroonline

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First It Was Poland's Farmers — Now Truckers Are Protesting Ukraine's Special Status

For the past month, Poland has been blocking off its border checkpoints to Ukrainian trucks, leaving many in days-long lines. It's a commercial and economic showdown, but it's about much more.

Photogrqph of a line of trucks queued in the  Korczowa - border crossing​

November 27, 2023, Medyka: Trucks stand in a queue to cross the border in Korczowa as Polish farmers strike and block truck transport in Korczowa - border crossing

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Since November 6, Polish truckers have blocked border crossing points with Ukraine, citing unfair advantages given to the Ukrainian market, and demanding greater support from the European Union.

With lines that now stretch for up to 40 kilometers (25 miles), thousands of Ukrainian truckers must now wait an average of about four days in ever colder weather to cross the border, sometimes with the help of the Polish police. At least two Ukrainian truck drivers have died while waiting for passage into Poland.

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The round-the-clock blockade is being manned by Polish trucking unions who claim that Ukrainian trucking companies, which offer a cheaper rate, have been transporting goods across Europe, rather than between Poland and Ukraine. Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian truckers have been exempt from the permits once required to cross the border.

Now, Polish truckers are demanding that their government reintroduce entry permits for Ukrainian lorries, with exceptions for military and humanitarian aid from Europe. For the moment, those trucks are being let through the blockade, which currently affects four out of Ukraine’s eight border crossings with Poland.

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