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Police Detain Eight as Italy Protests Turn Violent

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Unione Sindacale di Base organized a 24-hour strike in over 40 Italian cities demanding higher wages and better services.
Police used water cannons in Turin against protesters.
Police used water cannons to disperse a crowd marching toward parliament, detaining eight people.
Demonstrators in Milan marched onto the ring road, carried flares and set objects ablaze.
About 15,000 port workers, students and others entered Genoa’s port to protest arms shipments.

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Unione Sindacale di Base organized a 24-hour strike in over 40 Italian cities demanding higher wages and better services.
Police used water cannons in Turin against protesters.
Police used water cannons to disperse a crowd marching toward parliament, detaining eight people.
Demonstrators in Milan marched onto the ring road, carried flares and set objects ablaze.
About 15,000 port workers, students and others entered Genoa’s port to protest arms shipments.