G20 protests rage on in Hamburg, 200+ police injured

G20 protests rage on in Hamburg, 200+ police injured

Published time: 8 Jul, 2017 09:52
Edited time: 8 Jul, 2017 10:17

Violent protests against the G20 summit in Hamburg continued for the second night with rioters attacking police, erecting barricades and trashing shops and vehicles. At least 100 people have been detained and over 200 police officers injured so far.

“We have never experienced this level of hate and violence,” Hamburg police spokesman Timo Zill told the Bild tabloid.

Demonstrators were armed with Molotov cocktails and iron bars, police said in a press statement.

“At the interception Schanzenviertel district [in central Hamburg], the forces were permanently subjected to violent attacks,” the statement added.

The protesters damaged shops and vehicles, police said, adding that some 500 people looted a supermarket on Friday night during ongoing protests.

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Permalink Reply by Parrhesia on July 8, 2017 at 6:34pm

Nothing new:

November 2011 - G20 summit, Cannes: Invigorated by the Occupy movement, about 10,000 protesters gather to decry corporate greed and the modern financial system. They are met by 12,000 French riot police.

July 2010 - G20 summit, Toronto: 10,000 people demonstrate for environmental causes and against globalisation. Violence erupts between demonstrators and police amid accusations of vandalism and police brutality.

April 2009 - G20 summit, London: The world's leaders gather for the first major summit since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and thousands of protesters clash with police in the streets of London. Newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson is killed after a confrontation with officers.

July 2005 - G8 summit protests, Edinburgh. About 200,000 marchers in the "Make Poverty History" campaign. While largely peaceful about 200 protesters famously breached a fence surrounding the hotel where the summit was held. Around 700 arrests are made throughout the demonstrations.

July 2001 - G8 summit protests, Genoa" Widespread violence in the Italian city. A 23-year-old demonstrator is shot and killed by police while dozens of others are arrested.