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Judge orders detentions in anti-Expo

Five being held since Friday's clashes

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Milan, May 4 - A Milan judge on Monday ordered five people be held in custody after they were detained by police in connection with anti-Expo clashes that turned violent on the opening day of the world's fair. The five deny the allegations of resisting a public official aggravated by the use of weapons and by the number of people involve. An anti-Expo march last Friday degenerated into violence when some masked individuals began lobbing Molotov cocktails and paper bombs at police, setting cars on fire, and destroying shop windows.
   

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