Overview
- Authorities report 108 security-force injuries, including 96 police officers, seven Guardia di Finanza personnel and five carabinieri.
- Video from the clashes shows a 29-year-old officer beaten on the ground with a hammer; officials say he is seriously injured but not in critical condition.
- Police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse breakaway groups that hurled stones and Molotov cocktails and set rubbish bins and a police vehicle on fire.
- Roughly 15,000 people joined the demonstration against the eviction of the Askatasuna social center before masked individuals escalated the violence.
- Multiple detentions and arrests were recorded, with at least three arrests reported and warrants issued for others, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the unrest as an attack on the state and convened a public-safety meeting.