200 young people identified in Rome during controls due to the risk of possible riots

The Italian Police identified more than 200 young people in Rome this Saturday and transferred 63 of them to police stations after intercepting them with balaclavas, masks and aerosols in different parts of the capital, within the framework of the security device deployed in response to calls for protests.

The controls were carried out in several areas of the center and in metro stations, after the organizers of the mobilizations canceled the fixed meeting points initially planned.

Among the places under surveillance are Piazza della Repubblica, Via Einaudi, Via Cavour, the Circus Maximus, Piazzale Ostiense, Via Napoleone III and the Colosseo and Laurentina metro stations.

According to the Police, the agents found among the belongings of the young people taken to police stations material that they considered compatible with the "operational instructions disseminated on the internet" for the protests.

For them, the authorities are evaluating the application of "preventive detention", a measure approved by Meloni and that allows the arrest of a subject considered a threat before the development of a public demonstration.

The operation was carried out by agents from the Investigation and General Information and Special Operations Division (Digos), citizen security patrols and metro surveillance units, in anticipation of possible incidents during the mobilizations.

This Saturday, Italy is experiencing a day of tension in its main cities, a week after the riots and looting of businesses in Milan and Bologna, carried out by groups of young people outside the citizen protests.

After the altercations, the Meloni Government approved this week a decree law to toughen sanctions against violent acts committed during the demonstrations.