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Italy to send 500 troops to defend Milan shops
Hindustan Times·
Italy will send 500 army troops to defend Milan after weekend unrest, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday. Demonstrators clashed with police, looted shops and damaged property. Salvini said the deployment is due in a Tuesday cabinet package. Police detained 271 young people on Sunday, with 32 arrested, including 23 minors. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the violence.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Luxury and retail streets such as Via Montenapoleone closed early and boarded windows on Monday.
- Brands including Chanel, Tiffany and Dior removed merchandise from display windows as a precaution.
- Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said measures would also target violence by minors.
What's Happening
- Several hundred hooded protesters, many believed to be minors, set bins ablaze after a Saturday demonstration on living costs.
- Stores including Decathlon, Arc'teryx and Vodafone were among those ransacked, television footage showed.
- Clashes also hit Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo and Turin, where 28 protesters were arrested on Saturday.
What Officials Are Planning Next
- Corriere della Sera said Meloni is weighing longer preventive detention for minors and action on youth gangs.
- Of those taken to stations on Sunday, police said 13 were foreign nationals among the 32 arrested.
- Coverage linked the Milan unrest to violent cost-of-living protests in neighbouring France on Saturday.
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