Threats to Casellati, Rome prosecutor opens investigation

A file was opened by the Public Prosecutor of Rome in relation to the complaint presented by the President of the Senate, Elisabetta Casellati, after a series of anonymous letters received in recent days, followed by messages with death threats published on social media. The prosecutors of piazzale Clodio investigate for the crime of aggravated threats. Read also According to what has been learned from sources in the Senate, during the day, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella called Casellati on the phone to express his closeness and personal solidarity for the death threats he was recently made the subject of. A phone call also from Prime Minister Mario Draghi: the premier expressed his regret and expressed his closeness to President Casellati for the serious threats he suffered. In addition, the Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese also called the President of the Senate to express solidarity after the threats received. And – in a note – the president of the Chamber of Deputies Roberto Fico expressed “my solidarity with President Casellati for the cowardly threats received. The language of hatred in all its forms must always be strongly condemned by politics and institutions” .