Tuesday was a quiet night in Milan's
Corvetto district after three nights of unrest mainly by
immigrant youths after a 19-year-old Egyptian man was killed in
a police car chase on Saturday night.
After three nights of tension and vandalism, the last 12 hours
have passed peacefully in the Corvetto neighborhood of Milan, in
turmoil after the death of Ramy Elgaml, the 19-year-old who died
in a scooter accident - he was the passenger - on the night
between Saturday and Sunday, during a chase with the
Carabinieri.
Youths set fire to rubbish containers and defaced property over
the last three nights.
On Tuesday, in addition to the driver of the scooter, a
22-year-old Tunisian, now under guard in hospital, the
Carabiniere driving the pursuing car was also placed under
investigation.
In the peripheral neighborhood, which for years has been a
difficult area of ;;the city due to degradation, illegal
building and concentration of poverty, demonstrations against
the police have already occurred in the past.
A large deployment of law enforcement forces - mainly State
Police - is guarding the streets around Piazza Gabriele Rosa,
while investigations into the vandalism and fires continue.
In the meantime, after Tuesday's request for validation of the
arrest of the 21-year-old Montenegrin, an irregular, (who lives
in another high-risk neighborhood, the San Siro 'casbah'), a
preliminary hearing by an investigating judge is expected
Wednesday, along with new possible suspects after the analysis
of the video footage of the rioters, at least a hundred, among
whom the 21-year-old, with his face covered, stood out in the
front row.
Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and anti-migrant League party
leader Matteo Salvini said "the main problem here and elsewhere
is with second-generation teen gangs, it's a full-blown
emergency across the country".
Lombardy Governor Attilio Fontana, also of the League, said "the
violence is reminiscent of the banlieues in Paris, the situation
is very concerning".
Elgaml's father said "we disassociate ourselves from the
violence, Italy is our country".
He added: "we don't want revenge but to know what happened".
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, who invited Elgaml's father and
girlfriend to the city council later this week, said Interior
Minister Matteo Piantedosi wuld shortly visit the Lombard
capital amid the concern over migrant youth unrest.
"I understand that the Right likes to foment these situations
but I am here today to continue to say that Milan will remain a
welcoming city," said Sala, a leading member of the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD).
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