Italy PM Giorgia Meloni’s government sends army troops to “Defend Milan”

BREAKING:

Italy PM Giorgia Meloni’s government has dispatched 500 army troops to “defend Milan” after two days of unrest that saw demonstrators ‌clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said.

The original high-intensity protests was over extreme housing costs and inflation but it then escalated to supermarkets being looted in Milan, destruction and vandalism out of control that caused the police deploying tear gas on to the protesters.

Milan luxury shops close for fear of new unrest as government deploy troops that were already rioting and burning down the city centre.

A wave of massive protests is shaking Europe these past week. France saw over 550,000 protesters burning cars and looting luxury shops with hundreds injured. Other European countries like Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Albania have all been out protesting and setting fires on cars and buildings.