The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers, World Bank, IMF and Reserve Bank Governors is occurring in Melbourne and has met with local protests and street confrontations with police. A festive gathering of G20 protestors on Saturday night was violently broken up by the police. One must asume this is a payback operation for protests earlier in the day breaching police barricades and even damaging a police riot unit vehicle.
Police violently subdue G20 protestor
An ambulance was called to attend several people, while about 3 were arrested. There was a high level of aggression with police actively chasing and beating people.
Search and rescue were brought in to prise off several activists who had locked-on to a car placed on the road by protestors.
* 100 Police violently attacked a festive gathering
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* Police Attack G20 Party Outside Parliament
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Search and rescue were brought in to prise off several activists who had locked-on to a car placed on the road by protestors.
* 100 Police violently attacked a festive gathering
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/11/130883.php * Police Attack G20 Party Outside Parliament
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/11/130885.php * Watch a Quicktime video 2.5MB
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/uploads/g20parliament.mov">
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