Over 150 searches between Milan and Monza for the riots of 17 October. The chats: «Bro we are all together against the cops»

Over 150 searches, from Milan and Monza to twenty other cities, especially in Lombardy. The investigations into the looting, violence and clashes of 17 October in the Lombardy capital are moving on this front. The activity, coordinated by Digos, is part of the investigation by Milanese prosecutors into the serious events of last weekend, with investigations that extend well beyond the locations of the riots.

From the streets to the chats: the riots of October 17th

According to investigative sources, all the posts and messages circulated on Telegram in the October 17 Movement groups are also being verified. The communications spread online are therefore another point on which the investigators' attention is focused: alongside the searches, the examination of the contents shared in the movement's chats.

"Bro, calm down, we're all together against the cops" is one of the phrases from a chat taken from the cell phone of a young man under investigation in Milan for the riots of Saturday 17 October and Sunday 18.

A Whatsapp group made up of numerous users, within which «messages with an instigative content emerged, with explicit intentions of aggression and robbery against members of the police force, aimed at stealing the weapons supplied, damaging service cars and setting fire to public buildings» we read in the report of the house search carried out for article 41 of the TULPS (Consolidated text of public security laws) which regulates the local search by the police to search for weapons.