Six inmates have been killed during prison riots across Italy over government measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.<br /><br />Footage from Monday (March 9) shows inmates on the rooftop of the San Vittore prison, in the city center of Milan.<br /><br />The filmer, Giuseppe Francaviglia, told Newsflare: "My office is not far from the prison, and this morning while I was working I heard a trail of sirens of firefighters and police heading towards San Vittore.<br /><br />"I went to see what was going on and so I ran into the police and firefighters who blocked all the roads that pass near the prison. <br /><br />"Some prisoners stood on the rooftop shouting slogans like "freedom freedom."<br /><br />Italy's northern regions are in lockdown and on Sunday the government imposed limits on direct contact between inmates and their families.
