Milan, shops closed for fear of new robberies. PM: "Destructive actions of rare violence"

Several shops have lowered their shutters in the Fashion Quadrilateral area. There is fear that the clashes and weekend robberies will repeat, which have caused huge damage, injuries, and many arrests. Some supermarkets, such as Esselunga near Piazza Fontana, have also closed for the new demonstration expected in the afternoon. Young people are increasing in Piazza Duomo, waiters remove tables The number of young people in Piazza Duomo in Milan is increasing and a pizzeria bar calls waiters to remove tables, chairs, and umbrellas. This is a precaution after the clashes that set the city center on fire for two days. The situation remains calm and is guarded by the police forces who continue with searches and requests for documents. Clashes in the square, Marracash: "I expected this reaction, it's just the beginning" "I have been waiting for this reaction for a long time and I believe we are only at the beginning. Good things don't change things." This is the end of an Instagram post by rapper Marracash about the devastation in the center of Milan on Saturday and Sunday. "I have never believed in protest through social media, I have always found it too easy, cheap, it costs nothing. Of course, respect anyone who tries to make their voice heard by any means, but in my opinion, commitment and authority prove themselves and are gained over time. Through our choices, our ethics, our work, in addition to what we say and do every day, not only in a story or a post in critical moments," wrote the Milanese rapper. "Simply this is not my favorite channel. I like the lyrics, the music, the concerts, the interviews. Social media for me is a press office. Those who know me know well where I stand. Social inequalities are my battle, I have dedicated my life to rebellion. Here is where I stand," he added. "A year ago from a stage I said that power only understands power and that it is time for the people to show theirs. Two years ago I published a catastrophic album already with the title. I have been waiting for this reaction for a long time and I believe we are only at the beginning. Good things don't change things," Marracash concluded. The public prosecutor on the arrested: "Significant criminal capacity, inspector hit with an elbow" They did not hesitate to use violence, join the street disturbances, and repeat the same behaviors that occurred just one day before by others, thus showing a "significant criminal capacity" with "improvised destructive and rare violence" even against "members of the law enforcement". The Public Prosecutor's Office of Milan, led by Marcello Viola, writes in the documents where he requested preventive detention for six arrested individuals yesterday, with charges of aggravated resistance and devastation and robbery, for urban guerrilla warfare and vandalism in the heart of the metropolis. The requests for validation of yesterday's arrests and preventive detention were forwarded by PM Aurora Stasi to the prosecutor's office. In a contestation of devastation and robbery (maximum penalty of 15 years) it is written that one of the arrested, 18 years old, along with a "quintet" of young people, after breaking into the shop windows of a famous sportswear brand, using "sprays and other objects", would have taken away, along with the others, a huge "quantity of displayed goods". So much so that when the law enforcement arrived, he was still near the store with "clothing items" in his hands. And to escape, he then hit, according to the indictment, an inspector of the Police with "an elbow to the face". Clashes in Milan, police: "Destructive actions of rare violence" There is the "current and concrete danger" that the suspect will commit other crimes if released because he "has proven absolute nonchalance in improvised destructive and rare violent actions, carried out against members of law enforcement and in a way that endangers the safety of more than one person". This is what PM Giovanna Cavalleri writes in the request for preventive detention against one of the arrested for the Saturday demonstrations. Forza Italia-Lega clash on security There is a clash between the Lega and Forza Italia in Milan after the weekend guerrilla warfare. The spark is lit by Amir Atrous, who for the Berlusconi supporters in Milan is responsible for immigration. "Violences must be condemned without hesitation and the safety of citizens, workers, and families is sacred. But hiding behind the theme of security to not face a much more uncomfortable reality," says Atrous, who in recent months organized a vigil at the Arco della Pace in Milan in favor of the second generations, on the same day when the Lega called everyone to Piazza Duomo for the pro-immigration day. "On the right there are those who have already started aiming at foreigners, in order not to admit that on the real reasons for the protest – from the cost of living to the unsustainable cost of houses and rents, to the wages that have been stagnant for thirty years – politics has not been able to offer adequate answers," Atrous always points out. Words that immediately trigger the reaction of the Lega, with the city secretary Samuele Piscina, who are iron-clad. What it causes: "Amir Atrous's words leave people really stunned and show a total disconnect from the reality that Milanese live every day on their skin. I am absolutely sure that this is not the thought of Forza Italia." Center-right vigil with La Russa In sign of "solidarity in support of the damaged merchants, the attacked Law Enforcement and all the good citizens who love and respect our city," the center-right is taking to the streets this afternoon. Appointment at 6 PM, for a vigil called by Fratelli d'Italia, Lega, Forza Italia and Noi Moderati, in Piazza San Carlo. That is, in the heart of San Babila, a stone's throw from the Duomo and the Quadrilateral whose shops have already been largely closed and secured since the early afternoon for fear of new clashes. The objective of the vigil is also to collect signatures in support of a petition for the agents and shopkeepers affected: among the first signatories, it has already been announced, will be the President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa, who is expected in the square. City council suspended, center-right: "The room must report in session" The Milanese center-right has requested the suspension of the city council session "to speak with the mayor's offices so that he can come to the floor". Forza Italia, Lega, Fratelli d'Italia and Noi Moderati have requested that the mayor Giuseppe Sala report on the events of the weekend, the devastations carried out by groups of young people in the city center. The appeal was also directed to the majority to "convince" the first mayor. The councilor of Azione Daniele Nahum agreed "provided that the minister Piantedosi also comes," he added provocatively. The request for suspension passed with 17 votes in favor and 13 against. Young people with Kanye West masks in Piazza Duomo: "We want to end on TikTok" Two young people, a male and a female, with masks depicting Kanye West, appeared in Piazza Duomo, Milan, where the area is guarded by law enforcement, after the weekend disturbances. "We came here to get our rights back, as happens in France. We wanted to appear on TikTok without causing vandalism," the girl recounts, explaining that the masks were chosen because they "made people laugh" and so they would not be recognized. The young person says she came to see what would happen, without wanting to participate in "vandalism". "It's fine to smash something, but not important monuments, and not to devalue shops either," she states, citing what happened to the Foot Locker store, which was ransacked by the protesters. Student protest in Legnano, officer hit by a stone New tensions in the province of Milan, in the early hours of today in Legnano, where a student vigil degenerated into an open protest near the Bernocchi institute on via Diaz. About two hundred young people gathered at the entrance of the school, while a subgroup of about forty young people sparked the mobilization by igniting smoke bombs in the green area opposite. The demonstration then headed in a procession towards the police station headquarters, where a dense throwing of stones was launched towards the law enforcement. According to the first reconstructions, a police officer was injured after being hit by a stone. Currently, the area remains strictly guarded by the authorities. Salvini in Piazza Duomo: "I am here to thank the law enforcement" "I came to greet the police and carabinieri and to thank them for what they have done." This is what the Minister of Transport and leader of the Lega, Matteo Salvini, stated during a quick appearance in Piazza Duomo in Milan, the scene of heavy clashes over the last two days. Shops still closed on Via Torino: "They smashed everything" "It seemed like we were in a war, a situation completely out of control." This is Christian D'Agostino, owner of the 'Rinascimento' shop on Via Torino, damaged during the disturbances on Sunday afternoon in the center of Milan. "They hit with iron tables against our shop window - D'Agostino recounted - I took the customers and the sales assistants" and "at that moment they smashed everything, they came in". A resident of via Correnti resumed the clashes from her apartment: "I caught them from the window, it's a disaster, look here while they smash the cars". The shops in the Center, between Piazza Duomo and Via Torino, among the most affected by the devastation, are still closed. "It is a disgrace, you can't do it, they must intervene forcefully," said the owner of another commercial activity, who said that those arrested "today should be repairing and doing 100 hours of work a week in the commercial activities that smashed and cleaning the city". "One is free to express himself in every possible way, but one must never exceed the limit," a passerby added. Guardians in the police station for information on the arrested young people "In the wake of requests for help received from some parents who have no information about their children arrested yesterday in Milan, I am going to the police station, in my role as vice-president of the Prison Commission of the Lombardy Region, certain of being able to be useful in giving indications about the current situation of some of the arrested young people." The regional councilor of Pacto civico Luca Paladini informs on his social media. Social media to relaunch the mobilization Cleaned from the weekend debris, Piazza Duomo lives its Monday afternoon of waiting and fear. Waiting for the social media posts that relaunched the mobilization after the devastations on Saturday and Sunday, fear of not being able to intercept the self-proclaimed in time (and place). The access roads to the square are guarded by vans and flags of police (including Mobile and flying squads), carabinieri, police, and gendarmerie, but so far, from the sagrato to via Mercanti, from the gallery to the entrance of via Torino and via Orefici, no one has been seen. The few young people controlled display Italian identity cards. Rumors of alternative "targets", such as via Montenapoleone or corso Buenos Aires, have not yet found any corroboration. Vice-premier Matteo Salvini made a quick walk in the square, expected around 6 PM at the vigil of the right-wing government in the nearby Piazza San Carlo. Confcommercio: "Image damage, cancellations even for hotels and restaurants" "There is image damage, it is true that many hotels in the center are receiving quite worried calls from tourists who are supposed to arrive in Milan in the coming days, and at the same time there has been a good percentage of anticipated cancellations of stays in the central area, affected by what happened, and cancellations of dinners and reservations. There is talk of over 50%." This is the general secretary of Confcommercio Milan, Marco Barbieri, after the events of the last two days in the Lombard capital. Law enforcement deployed on Via Montenapoleone Shutters lowered and merchants on alert in the fashion quadrilateral in Milan, where concern grows for possible new disturbances after the weekend devastations. There is a police van on Via Manzoni, while in Via Montenapoleone several brands, including Chanel, Hermès, and Pomellato, have closed. In Via Monti, Goyard has posted a sign to inform customers that, "due to the demonstrations, we will remain closed". Among the still open shops, the atmosphere is one of waiting: merchants check who has lowered the shutters and confront each other to decide how to behave.