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La Nazione photojournalist hospitalized with head trauma after attack in Italy

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Italian photojournalist Tommaso Germogli was diagnosed with a head trauma after being attacked while reporting on public adherence to COVID-19 social distancing and mask wearing rules from a local street market in Florence. According to the newspaper, Germogli was punched by a vendor at the market who was selling fruit and vegetables.

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