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Cops call for reinforcements after night of unrest in Milan

Tensions rise on outskirts after death of Egyptian, 19

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 26 - Milan police HQ on Tuesday called for reinforcements after a night of unrest following the death in a police car chase of a young Egyptian man.
    The tension in the outlying Corvetto district of the Lombard capital was ignited after the death on a scooter of Ramy Elgaml, a 19-year-old Egyptian, in a car accident during the night between Saturday and Sunday in a pursuit by the Carabinieri.
    The Milan Police Headquarters said it was "oriented" to ask for reinforcements after the disturbances that occurred during the night in the Corvetto neighborhood, which have come in what is traditionally one of the most challenging periods of the year for public order, because it culminates with the premiere of La Scala on St Ambrose' day, the Milan patron saint, on December 7.
    About thirty more officers could be used for the new, possible tensions that could arise in the neighborhood in the south-east of the city that for years has already been at the center of problems of degradation and illegal building.
    The right-wing League party, which rules Lombardy, asked "is this the kind of integration that the (centre-left Democratic Party) PD wants?" (ANSA).
   

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