Posted on 06/03/2007 9:18:02 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Thousand Hurt In Anti-G8 Protest In Germany
Germany - An anti-G8 protester waves a flag in front of a burning car during unrest between riot police and anti-G8 protesters in Rostock, 02Jun2007 Protester in Rostock on June 2 (AFP) June 3, 2007 -- German police said today that 128 people were arrested after a violent demonstration on June 2 against the upcoming meeting of the Group of Eight (G8) leading industrialized countries in Rostock.
About 1,000 people were injured in the riots.
The organizers of the protest in northern Germany, which came four days before the start of the G8 summit in nearby Heiligendamm, have claimed that at least 165 people were arrested.
Police said 433 officers were injured in the clashes, 30 seriously.
Police said the violence involved only a small percentage of the 20,000 people that took part in the march.
Greenpeace spokesman Carsten Smid told Reuters: "It was about Africa, climate change and poverty,
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They need to shoot to kill.
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=6d10f5ab-eee0-4e1b-a82b-83c91374094c&k=0
“Police blamed the violence on some 2,000 militants known as the black block’. Some 430 police officers and 520 protesters were injured and police said 128 people were arrested in the clashes at the city’s harbour...”
I saw some banners with Che on them. Anarchists and communists.
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