Hundreds of
protesters in Naples threw projectiles at
police and set rubbish bins on
fire late on Friday during a demonstration against
Coronavirus restrictions in the southern Italian city. Calls were issued on
Social Media to challenge a curfew that took effect in the Campania region ahead of the weekend, enacted in response to a spiralling second wave of infections that saw nearly 20,000 new cases detected in the last 24 hours. A mostly young crowd marched through the streets of the regional capital and chanted as the curfew started at 11pm, with some lighting smoke bombs. One carried a makeshift sign that read: "If you close, you pay."