MILAN: Youths and police clashed for a second day Sunday in Milan, where mostly black-clad assailants hurled bottles, ransacked stores, and destroyed property around the central Duomo plaza.

Police in the northern city have arrested more than 200 people since Saturday, according to Ansa news agency.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called for a security meeting Monday to address the violence, which resembled some scenes of chaos and looting in Paris.

The Milan clashes began Saturday on the sidelines of a sanctioned cost-of-living demonstration. Similar troubles took place in the northern cities of Bologna and Turin following other protests.