Milan, 1 February (LaPresse) – "They are not protesters, they are guerrillas, they are armed gangs whose goal is to attack the state and those who serve it. Not a government, but the state. Supporting them, accepting them, justifying them, trying to downplay them is, in my opinion, unacceptable. They must be fought as the Red Brigades were fought and not treated as “comrades who are mistaken”. The judgement in the face of these facts must see us all united, as the political forces were during the years of terrorism. It is not a political party that is at stake, but the Italian Republic.‘ So said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto on X. ’I paid a brief visit to the Provincial Command of the Carabinieri in Turin, where I met some Carabinieri who were involved in the urban guerrilla warfare unleashed yesterday by militants close to Askatasuna. Over 1,000 people. Organised militarily. With an urban guerrilla strategy, divided into two large blocks. Firecrackers filled with nails, Molotov cocktails, jammers to prevent communication between law enforcement agencies, iron bars, shields, masks, protective goggles, gas masks, helmets, catapults to throw huge stones," writes Crosetto.