Day of scuffles, in Turin, during the demonstration for the First of May. Some demonstrators came into contact with the people in the morning policemen in Piazza Castello. Militants of the social centers, antagonists and No Tav tried to head towards the Town Hall, in via Palazzo di Città, forcing a cordon of the police, who turned them away with a small charge. According to police sources, there were about 700 people in the procession in piazza Castello: 400 in the No tav and social centers, 300 yes Cobas.
Clashes also abroad, from Paris to Istanbul
Tense atmosphere even outside the Italian borders. Clashes with police have occurred in other cities around the world, with protesters breaking anti-covid rules to take part in traditional May Day protests. Thousands of people poured into the streets of Berlin, Istanbul, Madrid, Paris and Turin for International Workers’ Day. Law enforcement officers were seen confronting demonstrators on the ground in Turkey, where dozens of arrests were made.
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An incandescent situation also in Paris, where the yellow vests and the antagonist left were dispersed with tear gas. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that they have been to the capital 34 people stopped. Accidents also in Lyon, where the prefecture of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes reported 27 policemen and gendarmes injured on the sidelines of the mobilization. On the other hand, in dozens of other French cities the marches went smoothly.