Danish police battles protesting youths, 100 detained
Reuters, Copenhagen
Danish police fought night battles on Saturday with groups of youths who had set fire to cars during protests over the eviction of squatters from a Copenhagen youth centre. Police said that least 100 people were detained when an illegal but peaceful demonstration and a street party with live music in the multi-ethnic, working class Norrebro neighbourhood turned into clashes after midnight in St Hans Square. At least one person was injured and taken to hospital. "Some 100 people were taken into custody so far," said Copenhagen Police Spokesman Flemming Steen Munch. Witnesses said police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, who fought back with Molotov cocktails and stones. Television footage showed cars, including at least one police vehicle, on fire. A local school was also trashed by demonstrators.
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Policemen try to put out a fire on a burning car near the Ungdomshuset youth centre in the Noerrebro area of Copenhagen, early yesterday on the third day of the running battle with riot police in the Danish capital triggered by the eviction of the youth house. PHOTO: AFP |
