The police and military will joins forces in Naples to deal with a garbage crisis that has led to mountains of trash piling up across the city, the Italian prime minister said Tuesday.
Italian leader Romano Prodi said at a news conference in Rome he is appointing the former head of the Italian police to work alongside the military to solve the crisis.
After more than two weeks of closed dumps and uncollected garbage, noxious fumes permeate the air in the southern coastal city.
Attempts to reopen a long-closed dump in the town of Pianura, near Naples, to alleviate the garbage build-up provoked violent scenes Monday as residents there who oppose the move clashed with police.
Italian media reported that a television crew from the state broadcaster RAI was attacked and their equipment was stolen by masked protesters near the Pianura landfill overnight Monday. 
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CNN's Alessio Vinci and Hada Messia in Rome contributedto this report