Moments of tension in Milan during the procession organized by "Italia in Piazza". In via Broletto, in the center of the city, clashes occurred between some participants and the police, who intervened with various charges after the throwing of stones, paper bombs and firecrackers. Some people were injured and several young people were stopped and identified. The riots then continued in Piazza Duomo and, even after the dissolution of the demonstration in Piazza Cordusio, in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, where around one hundred young people dressed in black gathered and the police carried out a further charge. Clashes also in Bologna, between protesters and law enforcement in front of the train station.
Piazza Duomo, throwing of barriers and a fire extinguisher at the police
In Piazza Duomo, some demonstrators, many of them with their faces covered, threw buckets and barriers at the police. As some videos, viewed by Adnkronos, show, a young man also threw a fire extinguisher at the officers in riot gear. A police van which remained isolated was also targeted, against which barriers and other objects were thrown. During the clashes a girl was injured. "There is a wounded girl, help, there is a wounded girl", some protesters reported as they gave aid to a young woman. The girl would have already been rescued by an ambulance.
Clashes between via San Tomaso and via Broletto
The demonstration, promoted by "Italia in Piazza" to protest against the "high cost of living", "poor public healthcare", "low and insufficient salaries" and the "conditions of public schools", started from Piazza del Duomo. After an initial launch of paper bombs and smoke bombs, the procession crossed via Orefici, and then reached via Broletto, where the riots began. At Via San Tomaso, some demonstrators threw stones at the police, deployed in riot gear. The police responded with an initial lightening charge. The procession then split in two, while some groups of young people headed towards Via Bossi. During the riots, ATM shelters and windows on the first floors of some historic buildings were damaged.
Other charges, injured and young people arrested
The tension continued in via Broletto. The police carried out other charges, during which several people suffered minor bruises. Among the injured was also an undercover officer, hit on the head and mocked in chorus as he was being helped. Some tables were uprooted. The demonstrators continued to throw paper bombs at the officers, while the police gradually pushed the head of the march back towards Piazza Cordusio. Some young people were stopped and identified. The police also ordered the immediate interruption of the demonstration.
More tension and unrest in the centre
Moments of tension also occurred in the center of Milan, between Via San Prospero and Piazza Cordusio, where for about ten minutes the police were targeted by groups of young people dressed in black and with their faces covered. It wouldn't be a black bloc, but kids from the suburbs, some of whom waved the Albanian flag to praise the revolt underway in Tirana. The tension has moved to Piazza Duomo, with the police in riot gear in the center and some small groups targeting them. Broken glass, overturned tables, shoes and building site materials remained in the streets.
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