"Somebody give that man a shroud"
On December 26 (the day of St Stephen) in the northern Italian city of Turin (Torino), police arrested a North African man who had taken off his clothes and was threatening people with large kitchen knife he had stolen from a restaurant. The below article from La Stampa has a video of the incident (nudity) but without sound. The written article is translated by Fousesquawk. Note that the reference to "Moroccan" is alternately translated as North African since in my experience living in Ialy in the 1980s, the term, "Marrochino" could refer to a Moroccan, a North African, or even (In a pejorative sense) a southern Italian.
Turin: Fear in the downtown: Nude and drunk man threatens police with knife
A man was arrested by the police after having stolen a large kitchen knife in a restaurant and then threatening passersby. It happened in the center of Turin around 22 hours, Santo Stefano (December 26). The man, 25, of Moroccan (or North African) origin, who suffers from psychiatric problems, first stripped naked and then lashed out against police. It was the owner of the establishment, located in Vittorio Square, and other restaurant employees who alerted the police. The patrol officers reached him at Maria Teresa Square, and before being stopped, the man grabbed an abandoned stick and threw rocks at parked cars.
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