A reported 100 protestors set three
cars on fire Friday in Milan, as the Expo world's fair kicked
off not far from the city center.
Dressed in the style of the so-called Black Block
anti-globalization demonstrators, the protesters threw stones
and bottles at police in Milan's Corso Magenta.
Police responded with tear gas, dispersing the group of
youths who broke several shop windows and created a barrier with
flower vases and garbage bins, isolating Largo D'Ancona off
Corso Magenta in central Milan.
A paper bomb was also reportedly thrown against a store.
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