WORLD : Aborigine Protest Turns Violent
SYDNEY, Australia — A protest over aboriginal land rights turned violent today when about 400 demonstrators ripped down the state Parliament’s front gate and clashed with police. A police spokesman said 11 protesters were arrested and charged with offenses ranging from assaulting police to malicious damage.
The violence broke out after several protesters scaled the iron gates of the New South Wales Parliament House and members of the increasingly irate crowd managed to rip out two sections of the gate.
Protesters poured toward Parliament’s front door and were met by police reinforcements. Scuffles broke out as police battled to remove the protesters.
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