Italy has deployed an additional 500 soldiers to Milan as the city braces for more demonstrations this weekend, a week after looting and clashes with police. The move, announced by Premier Giorgia Meloni, brings the total number of soldiers in Milan to support about 5,000 police and other law enforcement officers. Authorities plan drone surveillance, checks at railway stations, rapid-response units and online monitoring to spot calls for violence. Milan police said last weekend’s violence and looting involved about 2,000 very young protesters. Of those reportedly involved, many were “naturalized, second-generation Italians,” alongside foreign nationals. Over two days, police arrested 45 people, 34 of them minors. Rioters smashed into stores in areas off the city’s central Duomo square, targeting sneakers, athletic wear and sporting goods. Security measures for Saturday will extend beyond Milan’s center because officials fear protesters could move into other neighborhoods to avoid heavily policed areas. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said soldiers are not fully equipped for public-order operations, pointing to limits on tools such as plastic restraint ties, and said they are not authorized to carry pepper spray or tasers. He also said the troops were only recently allowed to use plastic restraint ties around train stations, not across the city. Milan police and local officials have said more investigation is needed into the backgrounds and motives of the young people who joined the looting. The deployment is set to be in place as protests are also planned in multiple European cities on Saturday, with further clashes reported in Albania’s capital.