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At least 196 police officers injured in G-20 protests - ABC News

posted onJuly 9, 2017
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Article snippet: At least 196 police officers have been injured in protests in the streets of Hamburg, Germany, where the G-20 summit is taking place. The demonstrations, which began Thursday ahead of the summit, continued Friday as thousands of officers clad in riot gear sought to prevent the mostly anti-capitalist protesters from disrupting the summit. One officer suffered a fractured limb, police said. Large fires burned in the streets of Hamburg after a second day of violent demonstrations. Protesters looted nearby buildings as well. While some groups of protesters staged peaceful demonstrations, others torched vehicles and hurled objects at officers. Police used water cannons to disperse rowdy protesters who came too close to the summit venue. In one instance, a policeman had to fire a warning shot to disperse multiple people who were beating a man on the ground, police said. The perpetrators escaped, police said. At least 83 people have been arrested since the protests started, according to Hamburg police. An additional 19 people have been detained but not yet formally arrested, police said. Some 15,000 officers were already deployed to Hamburg for the summit, but the escalating violence has prompted the city to request additional reinforcements. One protester, Mark Poole, told ABC News he's angry with how authorities reacted to the demonstrations. "The police attacked first," he said. Poole, a Hamburg resident, said he came out to protest because ... Link to the full article to read more

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