"Italian Opposition Calls for Investigation into Mass Fascist Salute"

Opposition politicians in Italy are demanding an explanation from the far-right government after hundreds of demonstrators were able to give a banned fascist salute at a Rome rally without police intervention. The rally commemorated the slaying of two members of a neo-fascist youth group in 1978, and participants raised their right arm in a straight-armed salute, which is banned under post-war legislation. Italian state television reported that authorities are investigating the mass salute at the demonstration, while leaders of Italy’s Jewish community expressed dismay over the use of the fascist salute.