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In Milan, groups of young people, many of them minors, are carrying out mini-blitzes of devastation and looting, quickly escaping from the police while sowing chaos among broken windows and assaults against law enforcement. #GuerrigliaUrbana #ProtesteMilano #DisordiniGiovanili (translated)

Ultimora.net reported new clashes in the center of Milan, where groups of young people allegedly threw firecrackers, stones, and bottles at the police and carabinieri, who responded with tear gas and water cannons. According to the site, the youths, mostly with their faces covered, had moved between Piazza Duomo and the nearby streets and had attempted to lift the barriers in front of the Cathedral, which was then closed to the public. Ultimora.net also reported looting of stores and assaults on supermarkets, in addition to the throwing of tables and chairs and the overturning of trash cans, bicycles, and electric scooters. The site finally reported the "total condemnation" expressed by Sala for those who had carried out those actions. #Milano #Guerriglia #Proteste (translated)

Azzurra Barbuto wrote that in Milan the police had begun to take people who were covering their faces to the police station. She called the decision long awaited and said she had been fighting for over a year for the application of the law that prohibits disguise, stating that it had been tolerated for years. According to Barbuto, compliance with fundamental rules was finally being demanded. #Milano #Sicurezza #Legge (translated)

NapoliNews reported, based on unconfirmed testimonies, that during the match between Napoli and Venezia, the father and brother of Lorenzo Lucca confronted two fans who were insulting the striker after some mistakes. According to the post, the mother had watched in tears from the stands and the police had to intervene. NapoliNews also cited Radio Marte. #Napoli #SerieA #calcio (translated)

The first officer of the Garibaldi-Venezia police station, Angelo De Simone, was hit in the head during the clashes in Piazza Duomo in Milan, continuing to direct operations despite the bleeding wound, and the incident has been labeled as attempted murder. #Milano #Scontri #Polizia (translated)

In Albania, there have been clashes between protesters and police during student demonstrations calling for the government's resignation due to issues in education, perceived corruption, and the controversial construction project of a resort by a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law. #Albania #Proteste #Tirana (translated)

Ultimora.net reported that a wave of protests against the rising cost of living had swept across several European countries. In France, according to the site, about 550,000 people had taken to the streets; the demonstrations were marked by clashes, looting, and fires. The town hall of Limoges, whose roof had collapsed, and the tourist office of Lyon had been set ablaze. The reported toll was at least 1,800 arrests and 150 officers injured. In Albania, Ultimora.net described the fifth day of protests led by student groups demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. The site reported hundreds of people detained and over 120 officers injured. In Italy, it reported about 100,000 peaceful protesters in Rome and clashes and damage in Milan, Turin, and Bologna, attributed to groups of youths who had broken away from the marches; over 50 detentions had been made. The site also reported that student protests in Brussels and Liège, Belgium, had resulted in clashes, with the police using tear gas and water cannons and more than 40 arrests. In Portugal, tens of thousands of people had protested against the housing crisis and low wages, while some demonstrators had spent the night camping in Lisbon. Finally, in Spain, Ultimora.net linked the large demonstrations and encampments against real estate speculation to the early elections scheduled for November 29. #Proteste #CostoDellaVita #DirittiSociali (translated)

Ultimora.net reported that the day before, groups of very young people with covered faces had separated from the demonstrations against the high cost of living and clashed with the police, damaging the center of Milan. According to the outlet, they were largely unrelated to political movements, consisting of Italians and many second-generation youths and lacking leaders or slogans. The outlet wrote that about 50 people had been arrested, half of whom were minors, and that around twenty had been injured, including several officers. It also reported looted stores, particularly a Foot Locker outlet, broken shop windows, and burned urban furniture. Residents and tourists, according to Ultimora.net, were trapped in local businesses and the Duomo metro station, which was closed during the clashes. #Milano #Proteste #Violenza (translated)

During the recent protests in France, which involved hundreds of thousands of people, there were violent clashes between police and demonstrators, with acts of vandalism and looting in several cities, including Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, leading to about 1,200 arrests and numerous injuries. #ProtesteFrancia #Scontri #Vandalismo (translated)

f.a.maisano reported that he was stuck for almost an hour at the Bologna station, returning from Milan, while outside, according to his account, about a hundred people were damaging the nearby streets. He thanked a young officer of the State Police who, since his wife was feeling unwell, helped them exit safely through a side exit. Regarding the broader situation, f.a.maisano expressed fear that things were going too far: in his view, when the right to assemble was used as a pretext for destruction, social balances were compromised, with consequences that "never end well." #Bologna #Sicurezza #DirittiSociali (translated)

The French police recorded a record number of 855 detentions in Paris during the violence sparked by protests against the rising cost of living and shortcomings in the education system, which saw the participation of hundreds of thousands of people across the country. #ProtesteFrancia #ViolenzaParigi #CostoDellaVita (translated)

Lisameyer wrote that the police charges were of unheard-of violence and that among the officers there were many in plain clothes. He suggested that they were infiltrators to allow the government to label the students as delinquents and noted that, in his opinion, the police should have used a similarly repressive approach against mafias and criminals, rather than against the students. https://t.co/jbQCqMORa8 #Polizia #Giustizia #Studenti (translated)

The author defined the statements of Lorenzo Pacini, a Pd councilor in Municipality 1 and a candidate in the left's primaries in Milan, as "delirious." He accused Pacini of having expressed solidarity with the violent and of having indecently attacked the Police, demanding their immediate resignation. He also asked if Elly Schlein intended to intervene. https://t.co/N2DNFLKid3 #Milano #Pd #Politica #IT #US (translated)