MILAN (AP) — Migrants have thrown rocks, bottles and gas cans at police in riot gear who were clearing about 100 people from a Rome piazza that has been occupied since 2013. Police responded with hoses during the dawn operation Thursday, both to clear the piazza and to extinguish fires set in trash cans. Italian law enforcement officers use water cannons to disperse migrants, in downtown Rome, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Migrants hang a banner with writing reading in Italian "we are not terrorists, we want housing" from a balcony of a building in downtown Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. (Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP)Authorities began to clear the piazza of some 800 migrants on Saturday, finding lodging for many.

Source: Ethiopian News August 24, 2017 09:11 UTC