Milan police clash with protesters on second day of unrest
Police used tear gas and water cannons as several hundred hooded protesters looted shops and damaged property over rising living costs.
- On Sunday, Milan police clashed with protesters who threw stones and looted shops near Piazza Duomo, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse several hundred hooded demonstrators.
- Saturday's unrest in Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo, and Turin saw demonstrators protest against the rising cost of living, with 28 arrests reported according to police records.
- Authorities took more than 60 protesters to the police station for further checks, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence and announced a government meeting on Monday to discuss how to address the situation.
- The unrest in Italy mirrors violent protests in neighboring France, where hundreds of thousands of people angered by rising costs took to the streets on Saturday.
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Milan does not come to rest. After riots at a demonstration on Saturday, rioters once again march through the centre of the Italian metropolis. The police arrive with water cannons. Most of the arrested are underage.
It is possible that criminal prosecution will also be brought against minors for causing damage and resisting law enforcement officers.
Milan recorded a second day of riots and looting; the police arrested 160 people and Meloni called a security meeting.
Clashes between young protesters and police in Milan continued for a second day The post Italy: One hundred and sixty arrests in Milan after today's protests, 80% are minors appeared first on in.gr.
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Young people threw bottles and stole from shops in the central district of the cathedral.
Youth and police clashed for the second day in a row this Sunday in Milan, Italy's economic capital, where groups of people threw bottles and ransacked shops around the central Duomo Square.
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