{
  "id": 15421997,
  "title": "Cost-of-living protests: 50 detained in Milan, clashes in Turin and Bologna",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/cost-of-living-protests-50-detained-in-milan-clashes-in-turin-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T13:54:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/18/cost-of-living-protests-50-detained-in-milan-clashes-in-turin-and-bologna"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Protests against escalating living costs erupted in Italy, leading to violent clashes with law enforcement in Milan, Turin, and Bologna. The largest demonstration occurred in Milan, where 25 individuals sustained injuries, including ten police officers. During the unrest, police employed tear gas, water cannons, and hydrants to disperse the crowd, while protesters retaliated using fire extinguishers, firecrackers, fireworks, and objects like rubbish bins and barriers. The tension escalated to the point of damaging shops, setting a portable toilet ablaze in Piazza Duomo, and overturning chairs and tables in the city center. As a result of the protest, 50 people were detained, half of them minors.\n\nIn the Lombardy capital, Turin, 12 people were detained, with ten minors among them. Clashes in Turin saw unrest involving young protesters, overturned bins, tables, and chairs used as barricades, along with bottles, firecrackers, sticks, and stones thrown at the police. By the end of the protest, 12 people were apprehended, 10 of them minors, for possessing petrol bombs, firecrackers, cobblestones, and emergency window hammers. Some are under investigation for suspected involvement in causing damage.\n\nBologna witnessed clashes surrounding the railway station and Piazza Medaglie d'Oro, where hooded youths threw stones and objects, causing dozens of rented bicycles to be knocked over. The protest initially began from Piazza Minghetti and moved towards Via Farini and Via Marconi. A group of protesters separated near the station to throw smoke bombs, glass bottles, and barriers. Police utilized water cannons and tear gas, and the protest subsequently advanced towards central Via Indipendenza. Seven people were detained, and their status will be assessed.",
  "summary": "Dozens of people were detained in Milan after clashes with the police during protests sparked by a march against the economic crisis. Tension was also reported in Turin and Bologna, with several demonstrators injured.",
  "key_points": [
    "50 people detained across Milan, Turin, and Bologna",
    "Violent clashes with police using tear gas and water cannons",
    "10 minors among those detained in Milan and Turin"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Violent cost-of-living protests erupt in Milan and Turin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/violent-cost-of-living-protests-erupt-in-milan-and-turin",
        "published": "2026-10-18T13:06:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}