Milan, October 19 (askanews) – After two days of clashes and violence, downtown Milan is calm. Tourists and Milanese residents stroll through Piazza Duomo and Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The massive deployment of law enforcement is a clear indication of what the Lombardy capital has been through over the weekend. Police vehicles and officers, including Carabinieri, army, Guardia di Finanza, and municipal police, are on every corner, patrolling the area and conducting widespread checks on young people, asking for their documents and checking that they are not carrying weapons.
The mobilization is spreading across smartphones, chat rooms, and social media linked to what has been dubbed the October 17 movement. News had circulated of a new day of protests scheduled to hit the streets of the fashion district starting from 15 p.m. For this reason, luxury shops in Montenapoleone and surrounding streets kept their shutters down and emptied their windows to avoid the looting that affected numerous shops in the center on Sunday. Carabinieri officers are protesting in Piazza San Carlo, where an event organized by the center-right is being held at 18 p.m. to show solidarity with the shopkeepers and support for those who suffered the violence.
Meanwhile, the damage tally is mounting: Confcommercio has already reached one million euros.
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