Eight Italian policemen and three other people have been injured in clashes over the site of a new rubbish dump in a densely populated suburb of Naples.
Most injuries occurred overnight but two police were hurt in the morning, trying to remove a bus being used as a barricade near the site in Chiaiano.
The site is one of 10 approved by the new government in a bid to end a crisis over uncollected rubbish in Naples.
Some fear the proximity of the dump could affect local people's health.
"The situation in Chiaiano remains tense with residents appearing determined to resist the use of a local stone quarry as a landfill," the BBC's David Willey reports.
Thousands of tonnes of uncollected rubbish have been lying in the streets of Naples and surrounding towns since Christmas, creating a health hazard.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced tough new measures earlier this week to try to solve the rubbish crisis.
But his decision to call in the army to help is causing discontent, with the military saying it is not their job to take up shovels and guns against the wishes of Neapolitans.
Most injuries occurred overnight but two police were hurt in the morning, trying to remove a bus being used as a barricade near the site in Chiaiano.
The site is one of 10 approved by the new government in a bid to end a crisis over uncollected rubbish in Naples.
Some fear the proximity of the dump could affect local people's health.
"The situation in Chiaiano remains tense with residents appearing determined to resist the use of a local stone quarry as a landfill," the BBC's David Willey reports.
Thousands of tonnes of uncollected rubbish have been lying in the streets of Naples and surrounding towns since Christmas, creating a health hazard.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced tough new measures earlier this week to try to solve the rubbish crisis.
But his decision to call in the army to help is causing discontent, with the military saying it is not their job to take up shovels and guns against the wishes of Neapolitans.
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