La Stampa journalist Andrea Joly was attacked in Turin near a venue called Asso di Bastoni, according to Italian media.
The media report that the place is frequented by national-oriented militants. The journalist reportedly walked in front of the venue during a party. Some people allegedly came out, asked him who he was, demanded his phone and then threatened and kicked him when he tried to leave.
Italy’s former PM and head of the 5-Star Movement (M5S), Giuseppe Conte, condemned the attack on Joly on X, noting “anti-democratic tendencies” in the country.
“The squad attack suffered by Andrea Joly, journalist of the newspaper La Stampa, demonstrates once again the need to strengthen democratic antibodies every day to fight hatred, intolerance and neo-fascist violence. It is a serious and unacceptable episode, but it is not an isolated case: the alarm bells about some anti-democratic tendencies in our country have already rung several times. Politics and healthy forces have the task of intervening to put an end to these delirious regurgitations of arrogance and violence. My solidarity and that of @Mov5Stelle goes to Joly and the entire editorial staff.”
Marco Tarquinio, Italian journalist and former editor of Avvenire, also denounced the attack.
Total solidarity with @AndreaJoly_, who was attacked on the night between Saturday and Sunday 21 July in #Torino by Casapound militants while he was doing his job as a reporter for @LaStampa. Firm condemnation of fascist aggression. We need a clear response from the State, colleagues and citizens.
Andrea Joly is a young journalist living in Turin. After graduating from the Cattaneo scientific high school in the Piedmontese capital, he studied at the University of Turin and attended the Ferdinando Rossi School of Advanced Studies.
He has been working for La Stampa since 2018 and, as indicated in his social profiles, writes about everything, with a particular focus on international affairs, as evidenced by his reporting on Ukraine and the Salis case in Hungary.
