In Italy, mass protests turned into riots and riots

Milan suffered the most damage, where hundreds of young people in black clothes forced the police to retreat from homemade explosives, fences and bottles, reports Ansa.

Similar skirmishes, where young people threw stones and firecrackers at law enforcement officers, also took place in Turin, Bologna and Bergamo.

Prime Minister Джорджа Мелоні stressed that the right to protest is legal, but pogroms in cities are unacceptable. She urged the opposition to condemn the violence, noting that any silence means justifying it. Government officials criticized the left-wingers for fanning the conflict.

Мер Мілана Джузеппе Sala called the reasons for the protest understandable and the violence and destruction unacceptable. He urged politicians not to use the situation for the election PR. Sala stated a high level of anxiety over the protests, which are beyond control, and noted that law enforcement officers in Milan were not enough to deter the crowd, so the ministry should provide more resources.

As a result of the clashes in Milan, at least four police officers and 20 protesters were injured, and more than 50 people were detained, half of whom were minors. According to police, groups of young people self-organized from the suburbs and other regions and took the initiative in peaceful organizers of the march.

In Turin, a peaceful march of city committees quickly came under the control of radical groups and teenagers from the suburbs. One of the organizers said that he was beaten by a group of provocateurs after he called for the masks to be removed.

In Bologna, clashes broke out near the railway station, where protesters threw stones, bottles and smoke bombs at security forces, forcing the police to use water cannons and tear gas.

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• Prime Minister Франції Себастьян Лекорню said about the 1200 detentions and 150 wounded law enforcement officers. Minister of Justice Жеральд Дарманен called for "надзвичайно жорсткої" to respond to the riots.
• In Belgium, the protests in Brussels and Liege turned into clashes with the police. In the capital, protesters set fire to garbage, damaged property and smashed the windows of the headquarters of the Brussels branch of the Socialist Party. Law enforcement officers used tear gas and detained about ten people. In Liege, they used to disperse protesters.