Alwaght-Italian Police on Tuesday attacked peaceful protestors at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the northern city of Lucca.
Riot police armed with batons and riot shields attacked against anti-capitalist protesters. With demonstrators throwing firecrackers and other projectiles at officers in retaliation.
Clashes broke out when police prevented protesters from entering the old town part of the city. The demonstrators gathered at around 3pm local time to protest against war, military spending and capitalism.
One of the banners seen at the march read "Tuscany against the G7 - out with the murderers,” while some protesters chanted "millions of euros for your military spending, as you cut money for people’s houses!"
The protesters included anarchists and members of No Tav, a movement against the development of high-speed railways.
Security is tight in the Tuscan city during the summit, and a bomb scare was triggered early Monday morning when an abandoned suitcase was detonated by the police’s bomb squad in the Piazzale Verdi.
One of the key points to be addressed during the two-day summit, which began on Monday, is apparently how to put pressure on Moscow over its Syria policy.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said “the game has now been changed” when it came to Russia and Syria, in light of the alleged gas attack in Idlib last week and the subsequent US missile strike on a Syrian airbase in Homs province.
According to Johnson, more sanctions on Russia and Syria are possible.
However, the US and other Western countries have so far presented no solid evidence backing up the claims that the Syrian government was behind the alleged chemical assault.
Damascus denied the accusations, noting that its planes may have hit an arms depot with chemical weapons stockpiled by ISIS and Al-Nusra Front terrorists.
