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Italian mayor bans gatherings of three or more people as soldiers hit streets


As soldiers prepare to be deployed on Italian streets, a city mayor has been accused of Fascism after he passed an edict banning groups of more than three people congregating in parks and public gardens.


The anti-gathering laws were enacted as thousands of soldiers were due to take to the streets of Italian cities for the first time

anyone is caught in a group of three or more they face a fine of 500 euro