More than 200 people have been detained after riots broke out in Milan during a demonstration against the rising cost of living, with about 80% of those detained under the age of 18, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to RBC, citing a translation of an Espressione24 publication, law enforcement in the Italian city arrested more than two hundred participants in the clashes. The overwhelming majority of them are minors.
RIA Novosti, citing a translation of a Corriere della Sera publication, reports that the unrest began during a demonstration against the rising cost of living. On Sunday evening, rioters entered the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and smashed a shop window at the Rinascente department store on Piazza del Duomo.
The newspaper writes that the young people then headed toward the square where the La Scala theater is located, continuing to overturn trash bins and bicycles. Security was reinforced in front of the theater building.
According to media reports, at least 2,000 young people took part in the unrest in central Milan.