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Young people clash with police and loot shops in Milan for second day
Young people clashed with police in central Milan for a second day, damaging shops and streets around the city’s cathedral square.
Groups also moved along Via Torino, where they smashed shop windows and looted a supermarket and other stores.
Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the groups.
At least 160 people were arrested, and about 80% were minors, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
The violence began during protests over high living costs on Saturday, with unrest also reported in Bologna and Turin that day.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called a security meeting for Monday as authorities respond to the unrest.
Young people clashed with police and looted shops in central Milan for a second day.
Groups gathered near the Duomo and moved into Via Torino, where shops were attacked and a Carrefour supermarket was looted.
Police used tear gas and water cannon as unrest also affected the Moscova area and Corso Garibaldi.
Authorities said 160 people were taken to police headquarters, 80% of them minors.
The unrest began on Saturday on the sidelines of a demonstration against the high cost of living.
- Who
- Young people, many of them minors, clashed with police and attacked shops.
- What
- Rioters looted shops and damaged property; police used tear gas and water cannon.
- When
- For a second day on Sunday, October 18, 2026; the unrest began on Saturday.
- Where
- Central Milan, including areas around the Duomo, Via Torino, Moscova and Corso Garibaldi.
- Why
- The unrest began on the sidelines of a demonstration against the high cost of living. The sources do not state why the clashes continued on Sunday.
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Unrest began on the sidelines of a demonstration against the high cost of living.
Young people clashed with police and looted shops in central Milan for a second day.
Authorities said 160 people had been taken to police headquarters, 80% of them minors.
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called a meeting with security forces.
- People taken to police headquarters
- 160
- Share who were minors
- 80%
- Main gathering point
- Piazza Duomo
- Attacked supermarket
- Carrefour on Via Torino
- Damaged department store windows
- La Rinascente in Piazza Duomo
4 sources
Zweiter Tag mit Ausschreitungen: Jugendliche verwüsten Innenstadt von Mailand
اشتباكات بين شرطة ميلانو ومحتجين في اليوم الثاني من الاضطرابات الإيطالية
Portati in questura a Milano in 160 dopo gli scontri di oggi, l'80% minori
Nuova giornata di guerriglia a Milano, gruppi di giovani assaltano diversi negozi in Via Torino
What people are saying
smashed shop windows, looted stores and frightened residents
Demonstrating is a guaranteed right. Wrecking our cities is not.