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Saturday, June 02, 2007
146 Police Injured in Pre-G8 Summit Protests
G-8 Protesters Clash With German Police; 25 Cops Seriously Injured
By DAVID RISING, AP, 06.02.07, 15:31 PM EDT
Protesters with black hoods and bandanas covering their faces showered
police with rocks and beer bottles Saturday, before the heavily armored
officers drove them back with water cannon and tear gas during a rally
against an upcoming Group of Eight summit.
Black smoke from burning cars mingled with the sting of tear gas in the harbor-front area of the northern German town of Rostock, where tens of thousands of people had gathered peacefully at the start of the day. The clashes broke out among hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators and police on the edges of the crowd as the rally progressed.
Some 146 police officers were were reported hurt, 25 of them seriously. Police said they made 17 arrests. Other officially unconfirmed reports suggested that as many as sixty (60) people had been arrested.
It was an unruly start to what is expected to be a week of rallies
against the three-day G-8 summit beginning Wednesday in the fenced-off
coastal resort of Heiligendamm, 14 miles from Rostock.... Story
continues at: http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/ap/2007/06/02/ap3781841.html
Additional Emergency.com Reference on:
"Summary and Chronology of ERRI/EmergencyNet News Reports Concerning Anti-Capitalist/Anti-Globalization Protest and Civil Disturbances," and violence at the 28 August 2001 G-8 meeting in Genoa, Italy, which can be found at: http://www.emergency.com/2001/anticapitalist-chrono.htm
Edited on: Saturday, June 02, 2007 21:08.51
Categories: Emergency Services, Political/Diplomatic/Economic