Italian dockworkers refuse to load arms onto Saudi vessel bound for Israel

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Dockworkers at the Italian port of Genoa have refused to load weapons onto a Saudi vessel destined for the Israeli-occupied territories, Press TV reports.

The Saudi ship Bahri Yanbu, which arrived from Baltimore in the United States, was scheduled to take on military equipment manufactured by Italian arms conglomerate Leonardo.

This equipment included an Oto Melara cannon destined for Abu Dhabi, and possibly tanks and other heavy weaponry already staged in the terminal yard.

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