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G-20 Summit:protesters Tried To Block Routes To The Convention Center by saintig41(m): 10:31am On Jul 07, 2017 |
According to BBC, Seventy-six police
officers have been injured
in clashes with protesters in Germany's city
of
Hamburg, where a G20 summit starts
shortly.
Three officers were taken to hospital, police
said. There were also reports of injuries
among protesters.
The clashes began when police charged at
masked protesters at a "Welcome to hell"
march attended by 12,000 people.
World leaders - including US President
Donald
Trump - will discuss climate change, trade
and
other major issues.
Police fired water cannon and pepper spray
at
masked protesters, who hurled bottles,
stones
and flares.
Organisers cancelled the march where the
first
clashes took place, but protesters remained
on the streets and police said violence
spread
to other areas of the city.
Protesters built makeshift barricades, set
vehicles alight, damaged businesses and
repeatedly shone a laser at a police
helicopter
to dazzle its pilot, police said.
Medics were seen treating several people.
At
least one person appeared to have been
seriously hurt and was carried away
covered
by a foil blanket.
Before the march, police had warned of
possible violence and said they had
confiscated a number of homemade
weapons.
Some 20,000 police have been deployed in
Hamburg for the summit, and security
cordons have been erected to prevent
protesters reaching the venues. Up to
100,000
protesters are expected in Hamburg during
Friday and Saturday.
The G20 leaders face their own
disagreements,
including over climate change and trade.
Mr Trump has already met German
Chancellor
Angela Merkel and the pair spent an hour
talking about North Korea, the Middle East,
the conflict in eastern Ukraine and G20
issues,
a German government spokesman said.
Last week Mrs Merkel said the G20 would
focus on the Paris climate deal - which the
US
has withdrawn from. But earlier she said
that
as the G20 host she would work to find
compromises. Source: www.saintig..nl/2017/07/g-20-summitprotest-in-hamburg-germany.html?m=1 |
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