Windows and bus shelters damaged and defaced, graffiti on the walls, a moment of tension between protesters and law enforcement, seven people taken to the police station: about ten thousand people arrived in Milan for the national march to ask to stop the genocide in Gaza in support of the Palestinian resistance, more than those who march through the streets of Milan, in what has now become a fixed pro-PAL appointment on Saturday afternoons.
More people, but above all more incidents and more controversy, in particular for the red writing "Shoot Giorgia" left on a Bpm window that sparked indignation among politicians, starting with the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Today's demonstration, which started in Piazza Duca d'Aosta, in front of the Central Station, did not reach the center (this was the reason for protests in recent days for the denial of arrival in Piazza Duomo) but from the station it headed towards the Isola neighborhood, then arriving in Piazzale Baiamonti and ending at the Arco della Pace . There were many Palestinian flags, writings praising the resistance but also silhouettes of Carlo Calenda and Elly Schlein with handprints in red paint and the writing "accomplice of genocide".
The same writing appeared on the damaged windows of banks, supermarkets and places like Unicredit, Carrefour and Starbucks. And right in Piazzale Baiamonti there were some moments of tension with contacts between the demonstrators and the police in riot gear with shield and truncheon. Seven people were taken to the police station.
"By shouting about the anti-democratic danger of the Meloni government, inciting social revolt and raising the tone every day as if we were in a civil war - commented the organization manager of Fratelli d'Italia Giovanni Donzelli - it was more than predictable that it would happen: in the square the violent took the words of the various PD and post-Grillini seriously and called for shooting the Prime Minister. Solidarity with Giorgia Meloni who certainly will not be intimidated ". Words that were echoed by many other exponents of Fratelli d'Italia, from the deputy and former deputy mayor of Milan Riccardo De Corato to the deputy group leader in the Chamber Elisabetta Gardini who spoke of "an ignoble writing".
