Milan luxury shops close for fear of new unrest as government prepares to deploy troops
Police detained 271 people as the government readies tougher measures, including 500 troops and possible new powers to curb youth violence.
- On Monday, central Milan shops including Levi and Under Armour closed early and boarded up windows, fearing renewed unrest after two days of violent protests that saw demonstrators clash with police and loot stores.
- The unrest followed Saturday clashes in Milan and northern cities including Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo, and Turin, where initially peaceful demonstrations over poor public services and rising costs turned violent.
- Police detained 271 young people during Sunday's unrest, with authorities arresting 32 individuals including 23 minors and 13 foreign nationals, while a further 28 people were reported to judicial authorities.
- Luxury boutiques on Via Montenapoleone—including Chanel, Tiffany, and Dior—removed merchandise as a precaution, following the ransacking of retailers such as Decathlon, Arc, and Vodafone during the unrest.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence and chaired a security meeting Monday, as the government plans to propose measures on Tuesday to combat youth gang outbreaks and extend preventive detention for minors.
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The Giorgia Meloni administration also plans to quickly adopt new and stricter security measures, including extending pre-trial detention for minors, combating youth gangs more harshly and prohibiting gatherings of persons considered to be a threat to public order.
The images are the same as those from France: in Milan, young people ransacked and ransacked shops. Now, the government under Giorgia Meloni reacts with more military.
The Italian government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan to help police there ensure security. Among other things, Prime Minister Giorgina Meloni's cabinet has approved a set of "preventive" measures. In addition to preventive detention, which will also apply to teenagers, it also includes a ban on gatherings and entry into certain places for minors and the rejection of applications for Italian citizenship.
The soldiers are to be granted temporary police powers, and tougher punishments are also being announced.
Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested during two days of clashes in Milan, Saturday and Sunday, during which dozens of police officers were wounded Rome, preparing to send
It was President Mattarella who invited the deepening of what he was doing under the violence in the streets. Three operations appear necessary. First, to distinguish what is really new from what is already documented elsewhere or appears new only in the Italian context. Second, to study moral motivations, group dynamics and digital infrastructures, without reducing violence neither to ideology nor to individual discomfort. Third, to evaluate th…
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