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350 Arrested as Frankfurt Anti-Austerity Protests Turn Violent
Source: Newsweek
350 Arrested as Frankfurt Anti-Austerity Protests Turn Violent
BY FELICITY CAPON 3/18/15 AT 12:52 PM
German police have arrested 350 people, as thousands of protesters descended on Frankfurt today to demonstrate against austerity measures and capitalism.
10,000 protesters took to the streets but as clashes with police intensified, violence erupted leading to hundreds being detained. German police have said that 14 officers and 21 demonstrators have been hurt, while 16 people have been charged with disturbing the peace or arson.
The organisers behind the protest, Blockupy, an alliance of 90 activists groups including the second-largest German labor union, Ver.di, and Syriza, the ruling political party in Greece, focused their protests on the opening ceremony of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.
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BY FELICITY CAPON 3/18/15 AT 12:52 PM
German police have arrested 350 people, as thousands of protesters descended on Frankfurt today to demonstrate against austerity measures and capitalism.
10,000 protesters took to the streets but as clashes with police intensified, violence erupted leading to hundreds being detained. German police have said that 14 officers and 21 demonstrators have been hurt, while 16 people have been charged with disturbing the peace or arson.
The organisers behind the protest, Blockupy, an alliance of 90 activists groups including the second-largest German labor union, Ver.di, and Syriza, the ruling political party in Greece, focused their protests on the opening ceremony of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.
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Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/350-arrested-frankfurt-anti-austerity-protests-turn-violent-314794
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