Scores injured and 350 arrested in anti-austerity riots against ECB's new HQ

[octoberlib]

Dozens of police officers have been injured and hundreds of people detained after anti-austerity protesters clashed with riot police near the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt.

At least seven police cars were set on fire as streets were barricaded at the “Blockupy” demonstration to mark the opening of the billion-euro building on Wednesday morning.

Some protesters said they were injured when police used pepper spray. At least 350 people were held by police, according to the German news site Deutsche Welle.

Police used water cannon to try to make a path through the mass of black-clad protesters to the entrance of the building. The new building was targeted because the ECB has come to symbolise spending cuts and market reforms of the kind being forced on Greece.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/18/anti-capitalist-protesters-clash-police-ecb-frankfurt-hq

[WillyT]

1. People Are Getting Fed Up...

[Comrade Grumpy]

2. Hmm, austerity not popular. Who knew?