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Italy: Anarchist Group Claims Responsibility for Railway Sabotage

Published February 10, 2026, 09:50

An anarchist group has claimed responsibility for sabotage on railway infrastructure in northern Italy, causing train delays on Saturday, the first day of the Winter Olympic Games. The group justifies its actions as a reaction to the suppression of protests by the government of Giorgia Meloni and argues that sabotage is now a necessary form of resistance. Police are investigating the case, while Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini pledged to identify and arrest the perpetrators. The group opposes the Olympic Games, describing them as an idealization of nationalism and a testing ground for crowd policing.