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Procession in Naples, smoke bombs and paper bombs against law enforcement

2020-10-23T21:35:44.993Z


No-lockdown protesters also target the palace with firecrackers. Hundreds protest against the restrictions. Banners, music and choirs against De Luca and the Government (ANSA)


Scenes of urban guerrilla warfare in via Santa Lucia, in front of the Palazzo della Regione Campania.

The protesters took to the streets against the anti Covid restrictions, all with their faces covered by masks, managed to overcome the barricade of the police and now hundreds are throwing firecrackers and lighting smoke bombs in front of the building while the police respond with a dense launch of tear gas.

From the procession also glass bottles against the wall of the agents, about a hundred, in riot gear.

One of the rockets of the demonstrators ended up among the onlookers who were watching the scene on Via Santa Lucia.

No injuries.

Hundreds of people gathered in Largo San Giovanni Maggiore, in Naples, in front of the headquarters of the Eastern University to protest against the curfew and the prospect of lockdown.

The demonstrators, who called themselves on social media, showed a banner with the words "You close us, you pay us", attacking the Campania governor De Luca and the Conte government with protest chants.

Smoke bombs were also ignited.

"Health comes first, but without money you can't sing masses", says another large banner.

The demonstrators are about to march through the streets of the center, but the processions are currently prohibited by the order of the Campania Region.

Moments of great tension between demonstrators and police forces in via Santa Lucia, behind the headquarters of the Campania Region.

The march against the anti-Covid restrictive measures swelled further along the way, and found a police barrage on the seafront, at the intersection with Via Santa Lucia they began to throw paper bombs and smoke bombs towards the forces order also hitting a carabinieri truck.

The demonstrators began to run towards the headquarters of the Region, and against them there was a dense launch of tear gas by the police.

Source: ansa

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