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Melbourne: Police Attack G20 Protestors Causing Severe Injuries

Melbourne Indymedia | 19.11.2006 14:02 | Globalisation | World

Police attacked a peaceful group of anti-G20 protestors at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday evening causing severe injuries. The protestors, who had gathered on information that G20 delegates were attending an event at the Museum, were reportedly given no prior warning before the assault which involved fists, boots and batons. Footage clearly shows police brutally beating defenseless people lying on the ground.

Police batoning people on the ground
Police batoning people on the ground

Injured woman being carried away
Injured woman being carried away


“We were singing and dancing at the front of the Melbourne Museum, as a non-violent way of publicly raising our concerns about the G20”, said one of the demonstrators. “Without warning we were baton-charged by heaps of cops. It was frightening, especially when a couple of busloads of riot police turned up afterwards.”

Photos and full report:
 http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/11/131243.php

Graphic Video of the police attack:
 http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/EngageMedia/videos/MELBOURNE_MUSEUM_POLICE_VIOLENCE_VOICEOVER.mov/view

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