Activists pour red paint down Rome's Spanish Steps in outrage over femicides in Italy

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By The Associated Press
June 26, 2024, 10:08 AM

ROME -- Police detained several activists who poured red paint down Rome's famed Spanish Steps on Wednesday to raise awareness about femicides in Italy.

The protesters, from an organization called “Bruciamo Tutto,'' or ”Let's Burn Everything,'' spilled paint down the 135-step monument, then dipped their hands in the paint, meant to represent blood, to leave handprints on the monument as tourists looked on.

Police carried protesters, who went limp, away from the scene.

One activist shouted that 40 women had been killed in Italy since the Nov. 11, 2023 killing of 23-year-old Giulia Cecchettin that galvanized outrage against violence targeting women. Venice prosecutors recently closed their investigation of her ex-boyfriend for the slaying. Charges are pending.
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