🇮🇹 Italy joins in: Milan burns as cost-of-living protests spread from France

While France was burning, Italy had its own day of rage. Thousands, mostly very young, marched in Milan against rising prices, low wages and collapsing public services. It quickly turned into hours of street fighting in the city center.

Protesters threw stones, firecrackers and café tables at police, who answered with tear gas and water cannon. Bins and a construction site in Piazza Duomo were set on fire, shop windows smashed and a store looted. The square was evacuated and metro stops shut down. Dozens were detained, many of them minors.

There were also clashes at Bologna's train station and unrest in Turin, while marches took place in Rome, Florence and Naples. Italy's largest union has now announced a general strike for next month.

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