Italy: Police Subdue Illegal Migrant With Chain on Board Milan Metro

Just a few days ago, we were reporting on an American citizen being severely stabbed by a group of North Africans on a train in Milan. Now we have another attack, this time on the Milan Metro, where a Nigerian chap, possibly a member of the notorious Nigerian mafia in Italy, was threatening passengers and train personnel with a chain of sorts. When police arrived, they had to use a taser to subdue him, but not before he was able to injure one of the officers. The officer suffered multiple contusions and apparently will be off duty for 8 days (see below prognosis).

The article below by Francesca Galici in Il Giornale is translated by Fousesquawk. 

Terror on the Metro in Milan- A foreigner threatens a passerby and wounds an officer

The incident occurred on the Metro line crossing the center of Milan: The police officer has an 8-day prognosis for multiple contusions.

The latest threat to security on public transportation, this time on line 1 of the Milan Metro, where passengers and personnel were forced to call the police to stop an illegal immigrant of Nigerian origin who was threatening those present with a chain. The incident occurred around 18:15 on Friday, July 25th, on board one of the most occupied Metro lines, which crosses the city center, (and) one of the most utilized Metro lines during rush hour, when tourists and workers are moving through the city at the end of the day.

The man, who already had a police record, was arrested by officers of the National Police, but not before he succeeded in attacking them, reacting with violence toward those present in uniform. One of the police officers was violently struck, suffering multiple contusion trauma with an 8-day prognosis. Faced with the out-of-control behavior of the foreigner, the officers were forced to use a taser to stop him and get him into handcuffs to transport him to police headquarters, where he was processed. For him, the charges are resisting and injuries to a public official, and he will be prosecuted on a fast-track basis. It is possible that he will be issued an expulsion order with an escort to the border.

“Once again, we police, risking our lives and confronting danger, have stopped an extremely dangerous man, who, in all likelihood, some wicked teacher will try to justify as the result of non-integration, a legitimate act of protest” said Pasquale Griesi, secretary of Fsp, the police union. “The truth is that this gentleman should not have been in Italy, entering illegally. He should have been immediately expelled. We continue to maintain that the illegal entry in (Italy), besides being an established practice, is an ill-considered acceptance and that anybody, assuming they can circulate freely and illegally without problems can commit whatever crime, also attacking the lives of law enforcement and Italian citizens,” the union leader concluded.

These incidents, unfortunately, are no longer isolated, and insecurity is not just a perception, in Milan as in other cities of the country, due to the presence of unruly, disoriented people with nothing to lose. The violence, the attacks, and the threats are multiplying so much that many citizens are voluntarily giving up their own liberty, even though it is a constitutionally recognized right, in order to safeguard their own safety.

More and more women are deciding not to go out at night, not to wear a certain piece of clothing, not to take public transportation because they fear for their own safety. Some parts of the city, after a certain hour, are implicitly off-limits to those who don’t want problems. These are self-protective actions, which, in effect, restrict personal liberty.