update of last night, lausanne and geneva
sprout | 02.06.2003 11:34
local anger boils over in geneva, update on arrestees from lausanne, press conference in Usine @ 3pm
The riot was largely dispersed near place Bel Air; there was intense and massive tear gassing. About 100 people were left after the gassing, and were running from the German police. Water cannons have also been deployed around the city center. According to several sources, a column of about 40 empty German police trucks is moving up the hill from the Rhone to the International District. The protesters appeared to be mostly made up of local people, from local housing estates as well as swiss activists.
Anger was high after residents had seen the level of unwarranted violence from the authorities and people deeply resented the deployment of German police in Switzerland.
Later today, there will be a press conference at l'Usine, 3pm local time, on the raid by police last night and another press conference from the hospital bed of the activist cut from the bridge, in Lausanne
In Lausanne, the legal team says, that there are probably still arrestees in Lausanne. they do not know how many, because many of the arrests from the camp yesterday were set free but the police is not talking about the actual number of arrests.
Anger was high after residents had seen the level of unwarranted violence from the authorities and people deeply resented the deployment of German police in Switzerland.
Later today, there will be a press conference at l'Usine, 3pm local time, on the raid by police last night and another press conference from the hospital bed of the activist cut from the bridge, in Lausanne
In Lausanne, the legal team says, that there are probably still arrestees in Lausanne. they do not know how many, because many of the arrests from the camp yesterday were set free but the police is not talking about the actual number of arrests.
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