ITALY: Riot police stop Italian students from forcing their way inside bank premises in Rome

Record ID: 560426

  • Title: ITALY: Riot police stop Italian students from forcing their way inside bank premises in Rome
  • Date: 7th May 2011
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (MAY 6, 2011) (REUTERS) HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS STANDING NEXT TO HIGH STREET BANK RIOT POLICE STANDING NEAR STUDENTS STUDENTS WITH FACES COVERED STANDING OUTSIDE BANKS RIOT POLICE STUDENTS PLASTERING POSTERS ON BANK WINDOWS POSTERS READING: 'Share out the money.' POSTERS READING: 'More community, less business' BEING STUCK ON BANK WINDOWS (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) STUDENT MARINA MONTANELLI SAYING: "We have decided today to block this area where there are businesses and business speculation and we will continue to do so. We are tired of living such a precarious life, we are tired as students and young people of seeing our futures being taken away from us." STUDENTS BEATING DRUMS OUTSIDE BANKS AND DEPARTMENT STORES STUDENTS TRYING TO PUSH THEIR WAY INSIDE BANK RIOT POLICE BLOCKING ACCESS TO BANK STUDENTS SHOUTING AT RIOT POLICE VARIOUS PUSHING OUTSIDE BANK VARIOUS STUDENTS STANDING OUTSIDE BANK
  • Embargoed: 22nd May 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Italy, Italy
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA346FFDFW9O1KWMEHEMKLEAUEI
  • Story Text: Rome riot police on Friday (May 6) stopped students pushing their way into banks as they protested against Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's government and attacks on workers' rights.
    Hundreds of high school and university students broke away from the main protest march during a general strike and unexpectedly headed towards a commercial part of Rome where banks and department stores are located.
    Riot police watched as the students began plastering posters onto bank windows reading: 'Share out the money' and 'More community, less business.'
    "We have decided today to block this area where there are businesses and business speculation and we will continue to do so. We are tired of living such a precarious life, we are tired as students and young people of seeing our futures being taken away from us," said student Marina Montanelli.
    As small groups of students tried to push their way into bank offices riot police blocked entrances, forcing the students away.
    A standoff continued into the early afternoon.
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