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Security forces deployed massively in Italy on Saturday for protests in which thousands rallied despite a sweeping crackdown in the wake of violent clashes last weekend.
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thousands → deploy → clashes
Police said they arrested nine people and briefly detained 371 more — including 110 minors — who were taken to police stations in eight cities as clashes broke out at some protests.
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clashes → say → protests
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government approved tough security measures this week and police had carried out dozens of searches and arrests in advance of the rallies.
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police → approve → rallies
We need to make our voices heard,” Alessio Scimone, a 24-year-old betting shop worker, one of the protesters in Milan, told AFP.
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Scimone → need → AFP
Several thousand people marched through Milan, bringing traffic in the centre to a standstill.
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people → march → standstill
A similar number rallied in Rome, where some protesters briefly broke into the Colosseum.
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protesters → rally → Colosseum
Police “managed to isolate and contain the violent fringes, with balance and professionalism,” Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi was quoted by Italian news agency ANSA as saying.
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Piantedosi → manage → ANSA
“In Italy there can be no room for those who delude themselves that they can act with impunity,” he said.
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he → delude → impunity
In Milan, some stores closed early and others boarded their windows following outbreaks of looting in the fashion hub last weekend.
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others → close → hub
Others remained defiantly open after a call by the city’s mayor Giuseppe Sala not to “panic.”
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Others → remain → mayor
“We want to give the message that we are not scared by these kids,” said Alessandro Buhne, 30, who works at the Philipp Plein menswear shop.
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who → want → shop
“Tourists are scared of this situation, so we want to give the signal that you are safe if you enter our store,” he said.
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he → want → store
Stefania Segalina, 55, a volunteer street fundraiser for the charity MSF, said she was relieved clashes had not broken out.
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clashes → say → charity
“We were a bit worried, but we didn’t stop and came out to fundraise as planned,” she said.
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she → stop → ?
“We noted a big police presence,” she said.
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she → note → presence
“It means you don’t feel alone, in case something happens.”
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something → mean → ?
After the clashes in Milan last weekend, the government deployed 500 soldiers to the city and approved a decree easing detention rules for minors and imposing fines on their parents for any damage done by them during demonstrations.
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government → deploy → demonstrations
Police on Saturday also said they had arrested a 30-year-old man suspected of being the figure behind the “October 17 Movement”, a group which had called for the protests.
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which → say → protests
Student groups have been highly critical of the government’s public order response and have urged it to address protest demands such as cuts to military spending in favour of education.
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groups → urge → education
The government this week approved financial measures to help businesses dealing with the spike in fuel prices seen after the Middle East war.
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government → approve → war
The truck blockades that had paralyzed southern Italy, leading to acute fuel and food shortages for a week, have now been lifted.
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that → paralyze → week