- Title: Police disperse Hamburg protest with water cannon
- Date: 8th July 2017
- Summary: HAMBURG, GERMANY (JULY 9, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE FIRING WATER CANNON AT PROTESTERS PEOPLE FILMING MAN PROTECTING WOMAN FROM WATER CANNON JET STREAM CLOSE OF MAN PROTECTING WOMAN FROM WATER CANNON JET STREAM / WOMAN HOLDING UP VICTORY SIGN WITH HER HANDS IN DEFIANCE POLICE VEHICLES MOVE PAST DAMAGED BICYCLE ON GROUND MORE OF POLICE VEHICLES MOVING ON ROAD RIOT POLICE PUSHING PROTESTERS AWAY WATER CANNON JET STREAM SPRAYED AT PROTESTERS TOPPLED BIN ON STREET ON FIRE POLICE BRINGING IN TROLLEY FULL OF BOTTLES GATHERED BY PROTESTERS / POLICE SMASHING BOTTLES PEOPLE WATCHING POLICE REMOVING BARRICADE OF BICYCLES SET UP BY PROTESTERS PROTESTERS THROWING SOUND GRENADE PROTESTER ON BICYCLE RIDING AWAY VARIOUS OF POLICE VEHICLE SPRAYING WATER CANNON JET STREAM HOODED PROTESTOR DANCING IN FRONT OF POLICE POLICE ARRESTING PROTESTER POLICEMAN ORDERING TWO PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE SCENE MORE OF WATER CANNONS BEING FIRED AT PROTESTERS GROUND SHOT SHOWING STREET FLOODED WITH WATER AFTER WATER CANNON USE DEBRIS ON GROUND POLICE LINE ON STREET BIN BURNING IN MIDDLE OF STREET CLOSE OF BIN BURNING / BIN PLASTIC MELTING PROTESTER WALKS UP TO BURNING BIN TO WARM UP FROM FIRE'S HEAT CLOSE OF MELTING PLASTIC AS BIN CONTINUES TO BURN
- Embargoed: 23rd July 2017 00:26
- Keywords: Hamburg G20 summit protests water cannon riot police
- Location: HAMBURG, GERMANY
- City: HAMBURG, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0016OUY153
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: German police attempted to disperse dozens of protesters in the early hours of Sunday (July 9) after a largely peaceful march on Saturday (July 8) against a G20 summit of global leaders in Hamburg, after two days of violent clashes which marred the G20 summit.
In the late evening, after leaders had left Hamburg, police turned on water cannon to disperse remaining protesters, many drunk, who started throwing bottles and other objects. Emergency services said they were treating injured people but gave no numbers.
Tensions had been high all day after riots on Friday night when radicals looted shops, torched cars and hurled objects. The city centre was in lock down with luxury shops along the main streets barricaded up and many protected by security guards.
Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing an election in September, had sought to underscore her commitment to free speech by holding the summit in central Hamburg, a trading hub with a long tradition of leftist radicalism.
Images of smoke rising over parts of the city, burning cars, wrecked shops and streets awash with debris have, however, raised questions about her strategy, and police reinforcements from across Germany had to be dispatched to help.
In the last three days, more than 200 police officers have been injured. Some 143 people have been arrested and 122 taken into custody. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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