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| Demonstrators hold placards reading 'In paradise, there is no violence, rest in peace' during a march to protest following the murder of a Chinese man and his baby on Jan 10, 2012 in Rome. The murder of Zeng Zhou, 31, and his six-month-old daughter, late on Jan 5 night, has caused shock waves in Italy, with fear among both the Italian and Chinese communities that violent crime is on the rise. -- PHOTO: AFP |
ROME (AFP) - Thousands of Chinese immigrants took to the streets of Rome on Tuesday to protest at a lack of security in the Italian capital following the murder of a Chinese man and his baby last week. Tearful demonstrators held up white candles and flowers in the march to the crime scene, which was organised by the Chinese community. 'People are exasperated,' said one organiser, Lucia King, who put the number of demonstrators in the immigrant-heavy Piazza Vittorio neighbourhood at about 10,000. 'Some people have been robbed or mugged six or seven times.' Zeng Zhou, 31, and his six-month-old daughter were shot dead last Wednesday in a scuffle with two robbers who were after his day's cash takings from his bar and money exchange businesses - around 3,000 euros (S$4,940). The crime has shocked Italy and raised fears about a rising climate of lawlessness in Rome, which is home to about 50,000 Chinese.
