Far-right Italian PM hopeful Georgia Meloni tweets video of woman being raped
by Reuters in Rome from on (#62RZR)
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.
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