Milan, disorder at Piazza Duomo: shop windows smashed and 50 detained
Hundreds of young people dressed in black caused chaos in Milan the day after the protest against the cost of living. Shop windows damaged, 50 people detained for identification.
Disorder in central Milan, damage to shops and detentions
According to Il Fatto Quotidiano, an atmosphere of tension characterised Piazza Duomo in Milan the day after clashes from the cost of living protest march. Hundreds of young people, organised in small groups of ten or twenty persons and predominantly dressed in black, some with covered faces, gathered in the square and on nearby streets in the city centre. Fifty of them were detained for identification and taken to police headquarters.
During the disorder, some youths threw tables and chairs against the shop windows of the Footlocker store on Via Torino, also hitting the shop window of the Champions store on the same street. Rubbish bins were thrown into the middle of the road. Police deployed several patrol cars and officers in riot gear in the square to contain the situation.
Milan's Digos is proceeding with further investigations to identify other people responsible for the disorder and damage. According to police headquarters, the procedure follows the taking of 72 people to the offices on Via Fatebenefratelli yesterday, of which 16 were arrested. The authorities are considering arrests for deferred flagrante delicto, which allows for arrest a short time after the events on the basis of images and videos documenting the responsibility of those under investigation.
The surveillance cameras covering Piazza Duomo and adjacent streets, along with thousands of videos posted on TikTok during the disorder, will constitute a crucial element for identifying those responsible. Today, police checks were carried out in the square: young people wearing hoodies, hoods and, in some cases, keffiyehs were detained for investigation. The square has returned to its ordinary flow of tourists and passers-by, who observed the presence of police vehicles and officers in riot gear.
Source: Il Fatto Quotidiano - Cronaca