Sunday 25 November, in the margin of the military parade, the police repressed violently anti-militarist activists. They protested in a peaceful and ironic way their dissent with the military fair which transformed Lugano in a true war zone![ 1].

The police intervened a first time during the military parade, where they stopped 11 people from the Clown Army. The clowns infiltrated into the parade only armed with irony.

The police responded with, unjustified, violent charges against the demonstrators. At the peaceful sit-in, that spontaneously started to protest against the arrest of the clowns, were also children and aged people.
Without any warning, the police used their nightsticks and pepper spray. They arrested 5 people and wounded a dozen people, one media activist got a broken arm.

This was a horrible showcase of intolerance and violence against the freedom of expression. That day, when the army celebrated its efficiency, the state demonstrated her institutional brutality.

::Multimedia and reports::
- Military parade and Clown Army Action: 1 - 2
Police prevented a cameraman from TSI filming - Violent arrests and police threats
- Police charges in Bossi Road: 1 - 2 - sequenza carica - from a different angle
Police charge wounding a media activist - other video
- Other images: 1 - 2
- Photographer wounded by a soldier during the action of the Clown Army: 1
Reflections SISA - Comunnist party - Max Ay - om
Corporate press:Press 1 - 2 - Police statement - il mas chiede lo sgombero - interpellanza quadri - interpellanza marra - ovidio biffi - interpellanza socialista
Antirepression: call for photo and video evidence of the repression

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