​​​​​​​ROME

Italian neo-fascists and far-right commemorated Sergio Ramelli, an ultra-right-wing militant killed in 1975 by a far-left group, by giving the fascist salute.

Hundreds of far-right sympathizers, militants participated in a silent torchlit march late Tuesday along Paladino and Amadeo streets in Milan, where an assault led to Ramelli’s death.

Protesters gave the Nazi and fascist salute as they gathered at a memorial site that was inscribed with "Hello Sergio."

"Bella Ciao," a song symbolizing Italian resistance against fascism during World War II, was played from a nearby apartment building. That sparked a backlash with members of the protest throwing torches and angrily reacting to where the music originated.

Comments on social media platforms criticized the march, arguing that it falls under the Italian penal code's crime of "glorifying fascism."

The 1970s was marked by clashes between the radical right and left groups in Italy.

Ramelli, 19, and a member of the far-right Youth Front, was attacked by far-left militants on March 13 in Milan while heading home. He dies April 29, 1975, after being in a coma.