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Violent clashes mar start of Toronto G-20 Summit | An estimated 10,000 demonstrators clashed with Toronto Police and other law enforcement authorities on Saturday, a day before the commencement of the fourth Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit, forcing shops in the downtown area to down their shutters well before closing time. Three people
were injured. Local television reports quoted police as saying that the protesters
smashed windows and storefronts in the downtown area, besides burning a police
car. Police also had to use tear gas to dispel protesters attempting to march
towards the Toronto Convention centre, the venue of the summit. Protesters were
blocked by barricades horseback mounted policemen and policemen attired in riot
gear, helmets and gas masks. Police confirmed that the G-20 security zone has
been put on lockdown mode. Popular shopping centres like the Eaton Centre, the
Sick Kids Hospital and the Toronto General Hospital have also been shut down.
As most of the thousands of protesters obeyed police directions to avoid the security
perimeter, a smaller group 100 demonstrators moved in and out of confrontations
along Queen Street West. Lined four deep, officers blocked the group from the
summit but largely left the property damage go unchallenged. "Its fluid, but they
are responding as the incidents arrive," a spokesman for the Toronto Police was
quoted, as saying. |
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