 ROSTOCK, Germany - More than 100 police officers suffered injuries in the violence that erupted during an anti-globalization rally in the northern German city of Rostock on Saturday ahead of this weekÂ’s G8 summit. A police spokesman said some of the injuries were serious.
There were no confirmed reports of injuries among the demonstrators, although eyewitnesses said some had been hurt.
After a peaceful start to marches through the port, masked protestors clashed repeatedly with police, hurling stones and petrol bombs and overturning cars. The organizers accused the police of provoking the violence.
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According to police estimates, only 20,000 protestors turned out for the march and subsequent rally near the harbour, while the organizers claimed up to 80,000 had marched along two routes through the ancient Hanseatic city. The demonstrators were protesting at the gathering of G8 leaders taking place in the nearby resort of Heiligendamm on Wednesday. |