Far-right Italian PM hopeful Georgia Meloni tweets video of woman being raped

Meloni accused of exploiting woman for electoral purposes after posting footage of attack by asylum seeker in Italian city

Giorgia Meloni, the far-right politician leading the race to become Italy's next prime minister, has been accused of shameful electioneering by her rivals after posting a video of a Ukrainian woman being raped by an asylum seeker from Guinea in an Italian city.

The 55-year-old woman was assaulted on a pavement in the city of Piacenza early on Sunday, local officials said. The incident was videoed by someone in a flat overlooking the street and the assailant was arrested.