Hundreds of soldiers sent to Milan as protesters march across Europe
Authorities added 500 soldiers and expanded surveillance after last weekend’s unrest, as police said minors made up a large share of the violent protesters.
- On Saturday, October 24, 2026, Italy deployed 500 additional soldiers from the Folgore Parachute Brigade to Milan, joining hundreds already stationed there to support about 5,000 police and law enforcement personnel ahead of planned nationwide protests.
- Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government adopted a security decree this week introducing a crime of "violent participation in a demonstration" and easing detention rules for minors, responding to last weekend's looting involving about 2,000 young protesters.
- Authorities are investigating a 30-year-old Italian-Moroccan freelance journalist suspected of being the alleged "mastermind" behind the "October 17 Movement," which police identify as the primary driver of the decentralized, digital-first demonstrations across Italian cities.
- Protests over cost-of-living and housing erupted simultaneously across Europe on Saturday, with large crowds marching in Madrid and Tirana, reflecting broader economic frustrations mirroring Italy's unrest as citizens demand policy change.
- Defense Minister Guido Crosetto stated deployed troops lack key public-order tools including pepper spray and tasers, authorized only to use plastic restraint ties near train stations, while the Fsp police union warned soldiers cannot resolve fundamental staffing shortages.
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The demonstrations that had been organized in a number of Italian cities, with slogans against precision and war, have ended. In Rome, there were clashes between police and protesters near the Termini train station. A minority of protesters, at the end of the march against Italy's support for the ongoing wars, threw bottles and firecrackers at the police, who used water cannons. Earlier, about fifty participants in the march had managed to op…
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The Italian police announced that nine people were arrested, and 371 were detained during the Saturday protests in eight cities, reports The Guardian.
There are burning barricades, police charges and a group of protesters has entered the Colosseum
Thousands of people, especially young people, left the streets on Saturday in several cities in Italy to protest the rising cost of living, rising rents and military spending, reports the EFE agency. The demonstrations took place under increased security measures, following violent incidents and robberies registered a week before in Milan.
Authorities have taken extensive security measures and deployed a large number of police officers to prevent a repeat of last weekend's violence The post Italy: New wave of protests with heavy police presence – Report on isolated incidents of violence appeared first on in.gr.
REPORTING - To avoid a new weekend of "chaos", the Meloni government sent a regiment of paratroopers and their armoured vehicles.
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