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Milan street clashes and looting

18 Oct 2026 – 20 Oct 2026 · 3 chapters · 24 updates

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Chapter 1Milan street clashes and looting

  1. 18 Oct

    Youths loot a supermarket and smash shopfronts along via Torino as central Milan unrest continues for a second day, Italian media report.

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Chapter 2Milan security response after riots

  1. 20 Oct
  2. Defence Minister Guido Crosetto says the weekend riots in Milan and other Italian cities are the product of a "hybrid war" fought through social media.

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  3. Italy's government will adopt a decree Tuesday sending 500 soldiers to Milan. Over 270 people were temporarily arrested and five youths are in pretrial detention, 20min.ch reports.

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  4. Milan's preliminary investigations judge keeps four of the first five adults arrested in the riots in jail and places one under house arrest, ANSA reports.

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  5. Italy's cabinet approves a security decree creating a crime of violent participation in demonstrations, punishable by up to five years in prison, Meloni says.

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  6. Meloni says the decree also allows preventive detention of minors and makes parents liable for damage their children cause.

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  7. The new crime of violent participation in demonstrations applies to people who join a group of five or more and throw stones, petards or sticks, Meloni says.

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  8. A Milan juvenile court has placed 11 minors arrested in last Saturday's riots in community care or under house arrest, ANSA reports.

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Chapter 3Milan security decree approved

  1. 20 Oct

    Italy's cabinet approves deploying 500 soldiers to Milan and tightens rules on preventive detention for minors involved in violent protests.

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  2. Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi says Milan police made about 400 detentions and around 50 arrests during the riots, according to AGI.

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