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Italy, Albania protests turn violent: Colosseum breached, Tirana ministry set ablaze
Saturday's wave of protests across Europe brought clashes in Italy, where police briefly detained 371 people and masked demonstrators entered the Colosseum, and in Albania, where protesters set fire to the Environment Ministry in Tirana.
A wave of anti-government protests that swept Europe on Saturday turned violent in Italy and Albania, with police firing water cannon and tear gas in Rome and protesters hurling Molotov cocktails in Tirana.
371 detained across Italy
Thousands marched in Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples, Bologna and Florence against war, rearmament and the rising cost of living. Police said they briefly detained 371 people in eight cities, 110 of them minors, and made nine arrests.
In Rome, demonstrators tried to march from Largo di Santa Susanna toward government buildings and were met with water cannon, tear gas and police charges.
Riot police used water cannon trucks to push back the crowds.
Marchers waving Italian and Palestinian flags reached the Colosseum.
A masked group entered the ancient amphitheater and damaged the surroundings before police pushed them out.
Forty-three young people were taken to a police station in Rome after officers found balaclavas, gloves, masks and keffiyehs on them. Police also moved in on crowds after dark.
Bologna and Turin
In Bologna, about 300 people at a march organized by Young Palestinians and student collectives confronted police on Via Riva di Reno, building barricades and setting trash bins alight. Emergency services received 17 calls and six people were taken to hospital.
Protesters burned a poster of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
In Turin, stones, bottles and fireworks were thrown at police, while more than 10,000 people marched in Milan. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said "there will be no safe havens" and promised an immediate response to anyone organizing attacks and riots. Prosecutors opened an incitement investigation into Youssef Siher, founder of the "October 17 Movement" linked to the unrest.
Ministries torched in Tirana
In Albania's capital, thousands of students, artists and opposition supporters rallied in the latest anti-government protest, demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation. A student protest that began outside the Education Ministry at 2 p.m. saw stones thrown at the building.
Protesters set fire to the Environment Ministry, and bottles filled with gasoline set the main entrances of the Agriculture Ministry and Tirana city hall ablaze before firefighters put out the flames.
Demonstrators fired fireworks at police lines.
Masked protesters also threw Molotov cocktails at police and water cannon trucks. One officer reportedly caught fire and was helped by colleagues.
Another video shows an officer beating a protester with a baton.
Authorities said more than 300 protesters and police officers were injured and dozens of people were detained. Rama, facing repeated clashes since mid-October, accused organized crime and foreign actors of being behind the violence.
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