ROME

Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni discussed tighter security measures with senior members of her government and the heads of Italy's police on Monday, after around 100 law-enforcement officers were injured during violent riots with protesters in Turin.

On Sunday, Meloni went to Turin's Molinette hospital to meet some of the officers injured in the clashes, including a 29-year-old policeman who suffered broken bones after being isolated and attacked by a group of protesters who hit him with a hammer.

Meloni said the policeman was the victim of “attempted murder,” while Defense Minister Guido Crosetto dubbed the protesters "armed gangs," comparable to the Red Brigades terrorist group active in Italy in the 70s and 80s.

Three demonstrators involved in the clashes have been arrested in relation to separate incidents.

In a statement after Monday's meeting, Meloni said her government reiterated its full support for law enforcement forces and, at this delicate stage, intend to appeal to the center-left opposition for close institutional cooperation.

“For this reason, the majority group leaders have been mandated to propose to the opposition the submission of a joint resolution on security, which could be voted on as early as this week, during Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi's presentation,” Meloni said.

Piantedosi is set to report to parliament on what happened in Turin on Tuesday.

Saturday's demonstration was aimed at protesting against the closure of Turin's anarchist social center Askatasuna, which the authorities cleared in December, sealing off the occupied building that hosted it.

The Italian government was already working on a tougher security package, but Saturday's urban riots pushed Meloni and her ministers to speed things up and possibly introduce more radical measures, including precautionary arrests.