Protests towards eviction: riots in Turin: accidents and arrests | EUROtoday

Serious riots broke out throughout protests towards the closure of a left-wing cultural heart within the northern Italian metropolis of Turin. According to the authorities, no less than eleven law enforcement officials had been injured within the clashes between the police and a few of them masked demonstrators. Ten folks had been subsequently arrested. There was initially no data on the variety of injured demonstrators.

The protests had been directed towards the eviction of the Askatasuna cultural heart, a gathering place for Turin’s left-wing scene for many years, shortly earlier than Christmas. According to the organizers, round 50,000 folks took half in an illustration by way of the town heart on Saturday. Numerous Palestinian flags is also seen. Eventually there have been riots.

Stones, Molotov cocktails and different objects flew from the group in direction of the police. Several rubbish containers had been on hearth. An emergency automobile additionally burned. The regulation enforcement officers used tear gasoline and water cannons. One protester was taken away with head accidents. A video exhibits a police officer mendacity on the bottom being kicked and overwhelmed by masked folks.