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Italy and Albania face violent protests as Colosseum and ministry are breached
The wave of protests that swept Europe on Saturday spread to Italy, where police detained 371 people and masked protesters entered the Colosseum arena, and to Albania, where demonstrators set fire to the Environment Ministry building in Tirana.
A wave of anti-government protests that swept several European cities on Saturday turned violent in Italy and Albania. Police used water cannons and tear gas in Rome, while protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at police in Tirana.
371 people detained in Italy
Thousands took to the streets in Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Bologna and Florence to protest the war, rearmament and the rising cost of living. Police said 371 people were briefly detained in eight cities, including 110 minors, and that nine people were arrested.
In Rome, protesters tried to march from Largo di Santa Susanna toward government buildings, but police confronted them with water cannons and tear gas.
Riot police used water-cannon trucks to disperse the crowds.
Protesters carrying Italian and Palestinian flags reached the area around the Colosseum.
A group of masked people entered the ancient arena and damaged its surroundings before police removed them.
Forty-three young people were taken to a police station in Rome after masks, gloves and keffiyehs were found in their possession. Police continued dispersing the crowds after dark.
Bologna and Turin
In Bologna, about 300 participants in a march organized by Palestinian youth and student groups clashed with police on Via Riva di Reno. They erected barricades and set fire to garbage containers. Emergency services received 17 calls, and six people were taken to hospital.
Protesters burned a poster of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
In Turin, police were pelted with stones, bottles and fireworks, while more than 10,000 people took to the streets in Milan. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said there would be “no safe havens” and vowed an immediate response to those organizing attacks and riots. An investigation was opened on charges of incitement against Youssef Seher, founder of the “17 October Movement” linked to the protests.
Ministry buildings set ablaze in Tirana
In the Albanian capital, thousands of students, artists and opposition supporters took part in a new anti-government protest, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. A student protest began outside the Ministry of Education at 2 p.m., and the building was pelted with stones.
Protesters set fire to the Environment Ministry building and used petrol-filled bottles to burn the main entrances of the Ministry of Agriculture and Tirana Municipality before firefighters extinguished the flames.
Protesters fired fireworks toward police.
Masked protesters hurled Molotov cocktails at police officers and water-cannon trucks. A police officer's clothing appeared to catch fire before colleagues helped him.
One video shows a police officer hitting a protester with a baton.
Authorities said more than 300 protesters and police officers were injured and dozens were detained. Rama, whose country has seen repeated clashes since mid-October, accuses organized crime groups and foreign actors of being behind the violence.
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