Overview
- Organizers said about 20,000 people gathered at the Alta Felicità festival, and on Saturday groups split into multiple columns that moved toward TAV construction sites in Chiomonte, San Didero and Salbertrand.
- Hundreds of hooded antagonists attacked on several fronts with stones, firecrackers, homemade rockets and incendiary devices while police used tear gas and water cannon to push them back.
- The fighting damaged sites and burned multiple police and carabinieri vehicles, left more than 120 officers reported injured, and forced the temporary closure of the A32 motorway and suspension of regional rail services.
- Authorities had carried out pre-event checks that seized razzi, slings, petards and other projectiles and issued 14 Daspo and fogli di via, and police forces continued identifications and Digos inquiries after the clashes.
- Political leaders across the spectrum condemned the violence and pledged support for security forces, and local officials warned the events raise urgent questions about how to secure fragile infrastructure during large protests.