Nearly 1,000 hurt in protests around G8 site

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Nearly 1,000 hurt in protests around G8 site

Associated Press
Monday June 4, 2007

German authorities yesterday closed most routes to the G8 summit site at Heiligendamm and pulled over cars for spot checks on the main road from Rostock, where protest riots have led to hundreds of people being injured.
Three days before the world's industrial powers gather, the situation around the Baltic resort of Heiligendamm was calm, police said. But, after Saturday's violence, they had stepped up security in Rostock, stopping people in the city centre yesterday to check bags and identity papers.

The three-day summit starts Wednesday in Heiligendamm, about 12 miles west of Rostock, where the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, will lead talks with the leaders of Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the US, on economics, aid and global warming. The summit, like past ones, is attracting protest against capitalism, globalisation and the Iraq war.
The site is now surrounded by a fence, and nearby waters and airspace are closed. Rallies near the fence are banned.

Authorities said 25,000 people were at the Saturday Rostock rally, but its organisers put the number at 80,000. Police said more than 400 officers and 520 demonstrators were hurt. Yesterday police said fewer than 20 people remained in jail, with 10 accused of rioting. In the afternoon 1,500 people held a peaceful rally in Rostock.

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