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Hospital workers report treating 30 fence spike injuries (carnival edinburgh)

indykid | 05.07.2005 07:55 | Free Spaces | Globalisation | Repression

When police laucnhed baton charges against people at the Princes street park yesterday they were forcing people to climb over a fence with spiked railings. There was no choice for many as the police rained down blows and they were forced to climb the metal fence.

Fence
Fence


Several serious injuries were reported at the time.

Later with people in hostpital, staff there said they had treated around 30 similar injuries sustained as people were forced over the fence.

indykid

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Display the following 7 comments

  1. Not right — steve
  2. Not what other eyewitnesses have said — ggg
  3. I was there and I saw it — steve
  4. Here's one of those lovely, cuddly harmless protestors in the park — Hello Sunshine
  5. Playfair Steps — Tim
  6. Another Eye Witness — JKH
  7. spike injuries — medic