2011 Rome demonstration

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2011 Rome demonstrations
Part of
street protesters, riot
Number
200,000 (approx.)
Casualties
Injuries135
Arrested13

On 15 October 2011 about 200,000 people

Spanish protests.[2] Many other protests occurred in other Italian cities the same day.[3]

Movements involved

The demonstrations were endorsed by several political parties, trade unions and civil movements, including:

Purple people, Workers' Communist Party, Party of Italian Communists, Communist Refoundation Party, Left Ecology Freedom, Critical Left, the left wing of the Italian General Confederation of Labour, and many others.[4]

Riots

On the afternoon the Rome protests turned violent, as hundreds of hooded protesters

Madonna was thrown into the street where it was stomped on by one of the rioters.[7][8] Two news crews from Sky Italia were also assaulted.[9] Police repeatedly fired tear gas and water cannons at the protesters.[7] At least 135 people were injured, including 105 police officers. Twelve people were arrested the same day,[10] and another one on 17 October.[11]

It was later determined that the damage from the rioting amounted to €1.815 million, with €1 million tied to the Public Works Department.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Come previsto". Il Fatto Quotidiano. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Indignati d'Italia in piazza a Roma". Corriere della Sera. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. ^ "In altre città iniziative pacifiche" (in Italian). ANSA. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  4. ^ Coordinamento 15 ottobre
  5. ^ "Black bloc in azione, 5 ore di guerriglia, Cento feriti negli scontri: tre sono gravi". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). Rome. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  6. ^ Hornby, Catherine (15 October 2011). "Police and demonstrators clash in Rome, teargas fired". Reuters. Rome. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Violent protests in Italian capital". The Irish Times. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Black bloc frantumano un crocefisso e statua della Vergine: "Gesto blasfemo"". Corriere Della Sera (in Italian). Rome. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Dozens injured in Rome as 'Occupy' movement swells". The New Zealand Herald. 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  10. ^ "Indignati, 12 arresti e 8 denunce: tra loro una minorenne e 2 donne". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 16 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  11. ^ "Arrestato il ragazzo con l'estintore: "Pentito, ma non sono un black bloc"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 18 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  12. ^ "In città: Scontri, danni per 2 milioni di euro". RomaSette. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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