It began as an angry protest.

They chanted for freedom in Turin, but it quickly descended into a violent game of cat and mouse.

Local media report.

The group was made up of hardcore football fans known as ultras.

Riot police fired tear gas on water cannon to send them home.

Designer shops were targeted to.

In Milan, police clashed with protesters, tear gas and pyrotechnics and plentiful supply.

Several arrests were made as the Carabinieri tried to restore order to the city's otherwise quiet streets.

The unrest was ignited by new rules forcing the country's hospitality industry to close its doors at 6 p.m. A hammer blow to Italy's late night dining culture.

As restaurant owners locked up, many feared this would be the beginning of the end.

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To get city in Rome, industry workers poured the supplies away in protest.

What you're seeing here is just a part of our supplies that we've had to throw away and sacrifice, although we've already paid for it instead of serving it to our customers.

Are friends were forced to throw on the ground as we've already done in the past?

The peaceful gathering, in sharp contrast to seems elsewhere.

But as Italy tightens restrictions, the sense of anxiety here, every bitter, strong Well, we're now joined by Sylvia Bacardi.

She's a journalist in Milan.

So there can you give us an idea of the scope of these protests and why they got so violent?

Well, um, first of all, we have to understand that this process has been going on for a few days now in Naples, especially, there have been the head of the region.

The government region has been regions.

They look has been very strict with measure and that's where the protests started.

And then they spread around Italy, from Rome to Palermo and now Milan and Turin.

Um um, hundreds of people have been going to the streets to demonstrate against this new measures that are very strict.

Some of the stricter in Europe.

Thio be honest and a same time we have peaceful demonstrators demonstrators who are taking the street to demonstrate against the fact that they have to close at six PM from, for example, restaurant owner of bar owners.

But at the same time, we have people that take advantage of this situation.

What's driving?

I mean, it looks like rather broad opposition to the new restrictions.

What's driving that?

What's the main force behind that?

Well, um, media and the government as well are trying to understand Who are these people that are actually demonstrating violently in the streets?

And there has been rumors that you know, there are people from the extremist right wing or extremists from the left wing.

But at the same time, many say that hooligans are taking the streets to protest, taking advantage of some other people that are actually demonstrating because the rules are very strict at the moment.

The main reason why people are demonstrating is the six PM rule for which people cannot go to bars or restaurant after six PM So what's the coronavirus situation right now?

Are new infections still rising?

Sylvia Uh, they are they are.

And, uh, it's hard to see uh, from a personal point to be, especially because Milan is becoming one of the biggest epicenter off the coronavirus.

We have around 20,000 cases, positive cases a day and more than 150.

That's every day.

I see you are getting full again and hospitals are getting full again.

We can hear ambulances going on and on the whole day.

But this was not unexpected.

We knew that the second wave was coming.

We knew we could see it from from countries around us.

We could see France and Spain and the UK.

So this is why people are angry, mainly because contact tracing is not working.

Hospital are not ready for for for this situation and we had months to prepare for it.