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Protests sweep Europe as Rome’s Colosseum is entered and Tirana ministry is burned
A wave of protests that swept many European cities on Saturday led to 371 people being detained in Italy, while masked protesters entered Rome’s Colosseum. In Tirana, the capital of Albania, the Ministry of Environment was set on fire.
A wave of protests that swept many European cities from France to Spain on Saturday also turned into violent clashes in Italy and Albania.
371 detained in Italy
Thousands marched against war, rearmament and the rising cost of living in Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Bologna and Florence. Police said 371 people were briefly detained in eight cities, including 110 minors, while 9 people were arrested.
Police used water cannon and pepper spray against protesters who wanted to march from Largo di Santa Susanna toward government buildings in Rome.
Riot police tried to disperse the crowd with water cannon.
Protesters carrying Italian and Palestinian flags marched as far as the Colosseum.
A masked group entered the Colosseum and damaged the surroundings. Police removed the group from the historic structure.
In Rome, 43 young people wearing balaclavas, gloves, masks and keffiyehs were taken to a police station. Police intervention later that night was also captured on camera.
Tensions in Bologna and Turin
About 300 people faced off with police on Via Riva di Reno during a march organized by Palestinian youth and student collectives in Bologna. Barricades were erected and rubbish bins were set on fire. Emergency services received 17 calls for assistance, and 6 people were taken to hospital by ambulance.
Protesters burned a poster of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Stones, bottles and fireworks were thrown at police in Turin, while more than 10,000 people marched in Milan. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said, “There will be no safe haven,” and said the state would respond immediately to those organizing attacks and riots. An investigation into incitement to crime was opened against Youssef Siher, the founder of the “October 17 Movement” behind the protests.
Ministry buildings set on fire in Tirana
Thousands gathered for a new anti-government protest in Tirana, the capital of Albania. Students, artists and opposition parties joined the demonstration, which called for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. The student protest began at 2 p.m. outside the Ministry of Education, where stones were thrown at the building.
Protesters set the Ministry of Environment on fire. The main entrances of the Ministry of Agriculture and Tirana Municipality were also set alight with petrol-filled bottles, and firefighters extinguished the fires.
Protesters threw fireworks at police.
Masked protesters threw Molotov cocktails at police and water-cannon vehicles. A police officer’s clothing caught fire, and colleagues rescued him.
In one video, a police officer is seen beating a protester with a baton.
Authorities said more than 300 protesters and police officers were injured in the clashes and that dozens of people were detained. Numerous clashes have taken place in the country since mid-October, while Prime Minister Rama alleged that organized crime groups and foreign actors were behind the violence.
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