Protesters wreak chaos at G8 summit
Friday, 8 June 2007
HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, Jun 7 (AFP): German police battled thousands of anti-globalisation protesters with water cannons to stop them getting close to the annual summit of the world's rich nations.
Police fired jets of water late Wednesday to clear one of two main roads into the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm that had been blocked for several hours.
Police said that more than 140 people were arrested during the day and eight officers were injured in a hail of stones as they fought to stop demonstrators approaching a 12-kilometre (seven-mile) long barbed wire fence protecting the summit venue.
Police fired jets of water late Wednesday to clear one of two main roads into the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm that had been blocked for several hours.
Police said that more than 140 people were arrested during the day and eight officers were injured in a hail of stones as they fought to stop demonstrators approaching a 12-kilometre (seven-mile) long barbed wire fence protecting the summit venue.