FILE PHOTO: Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini attends a Japan-Italy bilateral defense meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi at the Japanese Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan April 12, 2022. David Mareuil/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini called on Tuesday for an investigation into allegations of widespread sexual harassment of women during a rally involving one of Italy's most famous army regiments, the Alpini.
Rights groups have said that dozens of women reported being verbally abused, wolf-whistled and groped at the May 5-8 event in the Adriatic resort of Rimini, which drew hundreds of thousands of onlookers along with an estimated 75,000 veterans and currently serving members of the Alpini.
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