Rome, clashes at the march against the government: police launch tear gas

During an anti-government demonstration in Rome, there were moments of tension. Some demonstrators belonging to collectives deviated from the established route, heading towards Termini station and the city centre. The police pushed them away and pushed them away, also using tear gas. The protesters responded by throwing firecrackers, paper bombs and lighting smoke bombs.

Some masked protesters

Some participants, with their faces covered by the V for Vendetta mask, burned a cardboard airplane in front of one of the entrances to the Air Force Building, and then continued towards Castro Pretorio. After a few minutes the demonstrators of the collectives who had dispersed in the streets around Castro Pretorio returned along the route of the procession. While the anti-government demonstration underway in Rome reached its scheduled end in Porta Pia, the students of the collectives resumed their disruptive actions by stopping in front of the nearby headquarters of the State Railways, controlled by the police in riot gear. Previously, the police had faced the demonstrators with shields to prevent them from changing the planned route.

Group of troublemakers had been repelled by demonstrators

The approximately 200 demonstrators who were the protagonists of the tensions with the police in Rome had left from Sapienza. According to what was learned from police sources, the group had attempted to join the procession but the demonstrators themselves prevented it. At that point, at Via Vicenza, behind plexiglass shields covered with flags, they attempted to break through the police cordon but were repelled. Then they would join the tail of the procession and return to the agreed route.