<p class="title">An effigy of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg strung up under a bridge in Rome has prompted Italian authorities to open an investigation for "aggravated threats", media reported Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Images posted on social media showed an effigy with long braids with a sign written in English reading "Greta is your God".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Politicians slammed the stunt with Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi expressing the city's "solidarity" with the Thunberg family in a message on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Leftist PD party leader Nicola Zingaretti condemned the "grisly violence" and said the party does not respect the values shared by those responsible for the effigy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 16-year-old Swedish activist hit international headlines after she launched a "Fridays For Future" campaign last year, calling for students across the globe to protest outside their parliaments to demand climate action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hundreds of thousands of school children and adults heeded Thunberg's call last month in a global strike ahead of a UN climate summit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She has been tipped as a possible winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.</p>
<p class="title">An effigy of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg strung up under a bridge in Rome has prompted Italian authorities to open an investigation for "aggravated threats", media reported Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Images posted on social media showed an effigy with long braids with a sign written in English reading "Greta is your God".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Politicians slammed the stunt with Rome's mayor Virginia Raggi expressing the city's "solidarity" with the Thunberg family in a message on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Leftist PD party leader Nicola Zingaretti condemned the "grisly violence" and said the party does not respect the values shared by those responsible for the effigy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 16-year-old Swedish activist hit international headlines after she launched a "Fridays For Future" campaign last year, calling for students across the globe to protest outside their parliaments to demand climate action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hundreds of thousands of school children and adults heeded Thunberg's call last month in a global strike ahead of a UN climate summit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She has been tipped as a possible winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.</p>