Police evicting Italians and
migrants squatting in a former school on the outskirts of Rome
were showered with objects from the windows on Monday.
The police responded with water cannon.
The squatters, who had been in the building for many years,
also set on fire a pile of mattrasses and other rubbish near the
building to block police access.
It was put out by fire fighters.
Police eventually entered the building and the squatters left
it.
The incident took place in via Cardinal Capranica, in Rome's
outlying Primavalle district.
Squatting, often by leftist youths but also by families, is
common in Rome where residents and migrants bemoan the lack of
rentable accommodation.
Police made three arrests during the clashes and cited many
more, and hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, the
far-right League party leader, said "those who attacked the
police must end up in jail, onwards with squat clearances in
Rome and the whole of Italy".
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