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GENOA, Italy, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Forty-five police officers and medical staff members went on trial Wednesday on brutality charges stemming from the 2001 Group of Eight Summit in Genoa, Italy.
More than 600 witnesses are to be called during the trial. They include former Italian Interior Minister Gianfranco Fini, who currently serves as foreign minister, the BBC reported.
Dozens of injured protesters from Britain, France, Germany and the United States are among those expected to testify.
On Wednesday, the trial focused on a detention camp at Bolzaneto, Italy, where protesters were allegedly beaten, sprayed with gas and forced to sing pro-fascist songs.
The trial recessed until November.
In a related case, 28 police officers are due in court Friday in a raid at a school used by protesters.
However, a law making its way through Italy's parliament could exempt those charged. The law, which critics say would let Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's former lawyer avoid jail on bribery charges, would apply to a range of criminal offenses.
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