Protests sweep Italian cities amid heavy security presence, some violence reported
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A masked protester holding a smoke flare during a demonstration against rearmament, high fuel prices and data centres in Turin, Italy, on Oct 24.
PHOTO: EPA
- Protests against war and rising living costs spread across major Italian cities on Oct 24, with heavy police presence and many shops closed as a precaution.
- Violence broke out in Turin, Rome and Bologna, with clashes between police and protesters after last weekend's unrest. Milan was mostly peaceful, and Reuters saw no looting.
- Italian police detained a person linked to the “October 17 Movement” and questioned them in Milan, as authorities tried to stop a repeat of the earlier violence.
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MILAN - Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major Italian cities on Oct 24, with some incidents of violence, a week after unrest erupted across the country.
Authorities deployed a heavy police presence and many shops closed as a precaution against possible damage.
The demonstrations, which followed clashes last weekend in which protesters fought with police, looted shops and vandalised property, were violent in Turin, Rome and Bologna, with clashes between officers and demonstrators. They were largely peaceful in Milan.
Reuters witnesses did not observe any shops being looted or property vandalised.
After calls for further demonstrations circulated on social media this week, authorities made extensive security arrangements and deployed large numbers of police officers to prevent a repeat of last weekend's violence.
Earlier on Oct 24, Italian police said they had detained a person allegedly linked to organising the “October 17 Movement” - last weekend's protests - and had taken them to police headquarters in Milan for questioning. REUTERS
Protesters clashing with police in Rome on Oct 24.
PHOTO: REUTERS