Politics · Italy · 8 hrs ago
Police take students to station after attempted occupation at Rome school
Students tried to occupy Giordano Bruno high school in Rome when police intervened.
Police said they acted after a report of masked young people carrying chains, and identified five people in the school grounds.
Seven young people who were not enrolled at the school were taken to a police station, then returned to their parents.
Senator Ilaria Cucchi and a student group criticised the response, saying taking minors to a station over suspicion could make young people see institutions as enemies and risk abuse.
They described the police action as an excessive response to student mobilisation.
Avs lawmaker Elisabetta Piccolotti said her party was alarmed by reports from schools and would file further questions to the government.
Police took some students to a station after they tried to occupy Rome’s Giordano Bruno school.
Officers from the Digos police unit identified students and took some of them to a police station after checking their documents.
The police said they responded to a report of youths with covered faces and chains.
Authorities said seven youths who were not enrolled at the school were taken to a station and later returned to their parents.
Senator Ilaria Cucchi and student and political representatives criticised the police response as repressive and warned it could legitimise abuses.
- Who
- Digos officers and students at Rome’s Giordano Bruno school. Seven youths who were not enrolled there were also identified.
- What
- Police took some students to a station after an attempted school occupation. Authorities said seven non-enrolled youths were later returned to their parents.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Giordano Bruno school in Rome and a police station.
- Why
- The police said they responded to a report of youths with covered faces and chains. The school’s principal may have called the Digos, according to the article.
Police and authorities
Critics of the police response
Reason for intervention
Police and authorities
The police said they responded to a report of youths with covered faces and chains.
Critics of the police response
Senator Ilaria Cucchi said taking a minor to a police station on suspicion teaches young people to see institutions as an enemy.
Characterisation
Police and authorities
Authorities said five youths were identified in the school’s perimeter garden and seven non-enrolled youths were taken to a station, then returned to their parents.
Critics of the police response
Simone Montori called the response to student mobilisation extremely serious and repressive.
Digos officers intervened at Giordano Bruno school, reportedly after a call from the principal.
Officers took some students to a police station.
Seven youths who were not enrolled at the school were returned to their parents.
- School
- Giordano Bruno school, Rome
- Police unit
- Digos
- Identified in perimeter garden
- Five youths
- Not enrolled at school
- Seven youths
- Published
- 27 October 2026
What people are saying
Taking a minor to a police station on suspicion teaches a generation that institutions are an enemy to defend itself against, when they should be its safeguard. This model legitimises abuses.
an extremely serious repressive response to student mobilisation
We are alarmed by the continued reports reaching us from schools and will submit new questions to the Government.