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UK police scuffle with anti- G 8 protesters
Last updated : 7 hours ago
Riot police surround building occupied by activists in
central London ahead of summit.
Hundreds of riot- police have surrounded a building
occupied by anti - G 8 protesters in central London , before
a summit of world leaders in Britain next week.
The squatting activists had taken over the unused office
block in Beak Street as a temporary base.
London ' s Metropolitan Police said it had a search warrant
for the address.
" People inside the property.. .are free to leave but will be
searched , " the police said on Twitter on Tuesday.
The police operation came as around 150 protesters
paraded through central London , banging drums in a
" Carnival Against Capitalism" organised by the group Stop
G 8.
About 70 police in riot gear were at the scene of the
protest and there were several scuffles between officers
and demonstrators .
Companies targeted
Stop G8 issued a map of 100 potential targets for people
to " show their anger " last month .
Leaders of the world ' s richest economies including US
and Russian presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin
are due to meet at Lough Erne golf resort in Northern
Ireland on June 17- 18 .
A huge security operation has been launched ahead of the
summit , with more than 3, 500 officers drafted in from the
British mainland .
No- fly zones will be imposed over parts of Northern
Ireland during the summit and surveillance drones will be
used to guard key sites .
In 2009, British police made more than 100 arrests after
protests by tens of thousands of people to coincide with a
G 20 summit in London turned violent.
Last updated : 7 hours ago
Riot police surround building occupied by activists in
central London ahead of summit.
Hundreds of riot- police have surrounded a building
occupied by anti - G 8 protesters in central London , before
a summit of world leaders in Britain next week.
The squatting activists had taken over the unused office
block in Beak Street as a temporary base.
London ' s Metropolitan Police said it had a search warrant
for the address.
" People inside the property.. .are free to leave but will be
searched , " the police said on Twitter on Tuesday.
The police operation came as around 150 protesters
paraded through central London , banging drums in a
" Carnival Against Capitalism" organised by the group Stop
G 8.
About 70 police in riot gear were at the scene of the
protest and there were several scuffles between officers
and demonstrators .
Companies targeted
Stop G8 issued a map of 100 potential targets for people
to " show their anger " last month .
Leaders of the world ' s richest economies including US
and Russian presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin
are due to meet at Lough Erne golf resort in Northern
Ireland on June 17- 18 .
A huge security operation has been launched ahead of the
summit , with more than 3, 500 officers drafted in from the
British mainland .
No- fly zones will be imposed over parts of Northern
Ireland during the summit and surveillance drones will be
used to guard key sites .
In 2009, British police made more than 100 arrests after
protests by tens of thousands of people to coincide with a
G 20 summit in London turned violent.
