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The Italian government has decided to deploy airborne troops to suppress violent protests in Milan. As a group in Germany has also emerged announcing plans to hold protests next weekend, tension is growing that the violent demonstrations could spread further.

Reporter Bae Seong-jae has the details.

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Airborne troops will be deployed to Milan, Italy, where protests against high inflation have escalated into riots involving violence and looting.

According to local media and other sources, 500 members of the Folgore Parachute Brigade are scheduled to be deployed to Milan within days and carry out missions until the end of the year.

Last weekend in Milan, anti-government protests protesting against rising prices and other issues turned into violent and looting demonstrations, with more than 200 people taken into police custody.

In France, where large-scale violence has broken out since last week, the Yellow Vests movement has officially filed a rally notice to hold another protest at the Place de la Bastille in Paris this coming weekend.

The French government has made official the deployment of military forces and warned of a strong response, stating it will mobilize water cannons and armored vehicles.

[Nuñez / French Interior Minister: We will naturally deploy operational security forces this time. We will assign them security and safety assurance missions so that police personnel can perform other duties.]

In neighboring Germany, a group named "Generation Z Rises" has announced nationwide protests for October 31, Halloween.

They are gathering participants by raising issues such as education problems, the cost of living, youth unemployment, and opposition to the draft, while posts saying "Let's strike like the French youth" are spreading centering on social media.

Tension is rising as violent incidents occurred on Halloween night last year as well, with youths shooting fireworks at police, leading to 132 arrests in Berlin alone.

Protests sparked by the high cost of living and financial hardship that began in France are spreading across Europe, including in Athens, Greece, where about 5,000 students protested against the high cost of living.

(Video Editing: Lee Seung-jin)