Igor Iezzi, deputy of the Italian League led by Matteo Salvini, This Wednesday he repeatedly hit the deputy Leonardo Donno, of the 5 Star Movement (M5S), on the head.during a session in the Chamber of Deputies regarding the law of differentiated autonomy for the regions.

The attack occurred when Donno was trying to deliver an Italian flag to the Minister of Regional and Autonomous Affairs, Roberto Calderoli, in clear disagreement with the law, according to the newspaper ‘La Repubblica’. After this, several deputies from the League and, according to M5S, from the Brothers of Italy, jumped on top of Donno, who had to be taken out of the Chamber in a wheelchair after he fell to the ground due to kicks and punches. .

“The attack that occurred in the Chamber against Leonardo Donno is a very serious and shameful event. Our deputy only wanted to deliver an Italian flag to Minister Calderoli, when he was attacked by majority parliamentarians, among them the member of the Iezzi League, receiving punches and ending up on the ground”the party said in a statement.

Former Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, leader of M5S, has condemned the attack on the social network X. “They attacked our Leonardo Donno because he brought the tricolor to Minister Calderolibecause we say no to the secession of Italy signed by Meloni, Salvini and Tajani”, he stressed.

After the attack, Iezzi defended himself. “I tried to punch him, but I couldn’t hit him.. “Donno tried to attack Calderoli and I reacted,” she said, adding that “there was no physical violence”as reported by the AdnKronos news agency.

But it is not the only brawl that occurred during the session. The president of the Chamber, Lorenzo Fontana, has expelled the deputy of the League of CalabriaDomenico Furgiuele, after he made a sign with his arms against the opposition bench that represented the Decima Flottiglia MAS, a Navy unit created during the fascist regime.