From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: EU summit - anti-capitalists confront cops HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Reuters. 15 December 2001. Anti - EU Summit Protesters Hurl Molotov Cocktails. BRUSSELS -- Anti-capitalist marchers hurled Molotov cocktails at police and vandalized buildings and cars during a march against a European Union summit on Saturday, police and eyewitnesses said. Scattered incidents erupted during the march by some 700 self-proclaimed anarchists as the summit near Brussels was marred for a second day by violent protests. "No justice, no peace, fight the police," chanted one demonstrator. Protesters threw two improvised petrol bombs -- Molotov cocktails -- at police, a police spokeswoman said. Police damaged a bank and broke windows of various buildings and cars, eyewitnesses said. The incidents happened several miles from the elegant royal palace at Laeken where EU leaders met behind a heavy screen of security to discuss the future of Europe. At another point along the route, the march turned into a standoff between marchers and police. Scores of police in riot gear and backed by two water cannon trucks confronted the demonstrators before they moved on again, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. At least one car had its window smashed and five or six protesters were led away by police, she said. Police had no information on arrests. There were no reports of injuries. Some 1,200 people took part in a separate "March for Peace" through Brussels on Saturday, condemning any European military involvement in Afghanistan. No incidents were reported. Belgian police used water cannon on Friday to disperse masked anarchists wielding cobblestones and metal staves during an anti-globalization demonstration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
