at 6.00, hundreds of activists from both the water and the anti repression protests got trapped on the mont blanc bridge in geneva - they have been encircled by the cops - section 60, in a kettle, and had concussion grenades fired at them, by 8.30, local time, still hundreds trapped, lawyers and swiss mp's tryoing to negociate their release en masse.
latest update, received 21h Uk time, 22h local time
500 people blocking main bridge, surrounded by swiss, german, zurich police - thousands of local residents standing by watching - negociations still in progress, will update when more news arrives, from italy imc