Clashes in the square, 19-year-old Genoese man searched: "He was instigating on social media in view of the demonstrations"

Digos agents showed up at his home in Genoa early in the morning. Contesting what was written in the last few hours on social media, in the profiles of the "October 17 Movement". Messages that instigate violent acts in the various squares which tomorrow, 24 October, will once again be filled with students and young people in general.

The 19-year-old's PC and mobile phone were seized: now the police will try to understand if inside the electronic devices there are other elements worthy of investigative interest.

Genoa is one of the 8 Italian squares where tomorrow's demonstration has been called by the 17 October Movement: the meeting is at 3pm in Piazza De Ferrari. Last Saturday, while in Milan and other cities the protest led to violence and hooliganism, in the Ligurian capital around 200 people marched peacefully in the historic centre.

Now the attention of the Prefecture and Police Headquarters is maximum. Yesterday in the Public Safety Committee reassurances were expressed to traders on what was expected in the Genoese square: unmanageable numbers would not be expected.

But given the absolute novelty of phenomena of this type, attention is utmost. The statement expected today from the October 17 Movement itself, which announced «tactical indications, will say a lot. Unfortunately, the government's repression and reaction lead us to make drastic and protective decisions towards those who participate in the streets." Working on it, in addition to Digos, is the Postal Police, which was instrumental in identifying the 19-year-old searched this morning.

In any case, shopkeepers, the vast majority of whom do not intend to give up a Saturday afternoon at the end of October, are ready to take initiatives. There are those who have already made contact with private security services, and those who are thinking of "protecting" their shop windows with panels.