1 May, in Turin clashes between autonomi and police between charges and tear gas

Clashes and tensions in Turin during the May Day celebrations, when a group of autonomi separated from the main procession heading towards Corso Regina Margherita, at the height of the former social centre Askatasuna.

Here the protesters tried to force the deployment of the security forces, hitting the shields with sticks and spraying irritants at officers and soldiers. The contingent, including mobile units, charged the protesters and used water cannons to disperse those present. After a brief slowdown in the clashes, the situation escalated again with the throwing of glass bottles at the police.

Some of the demonstrators then sat down on the asphalt, blocking traffic in the affected section. Other groups dispersed into the neighbouring streets, attempting to circumvent the cordon and reach the area behind the building. The police resorted to launching tear gas to contain the protesters.

After the moments of tension, calm has returned to the Vanchiglia neighbourhood, where after the May Day procession there were clashes between the autonomi and the police in front of the building that housed the Askatasuna social centre for thirty years, until its eviction in December. Part of the social section took off in a procession along the Dora to reach the Pozzo gardens, not far from the Einaudi university campus, where there will be lunch for the workers' party, organised by the autonomi.

An event that in recent days they had asked to be held in the garden of the former social centre, but for which the prefecture had refused. 'The procession took back the streets of Vanchiglia, responding with strength and dignity. Vanchiglia is ours,' they said into the microphone. According to the demonstrators, there were some injured during the riots, who were rescued on the spot by the activists themselves.