Police surround G8 protest site after clashes
Posted on: Thursday, 7 July 2005, 02:57 CDT
GLENEAGLES, Scotland (Reuters) - British police surrounded a G8 protest campsite on Thursday after a day of sometimes violent confrontation around the summit of the Group of Eight industrial nations. Officers said they had thrown a security cordon around the campsite in the town of Stirling, 32 km (20 miles) south of Gleneagles, to protect public safety. They were allowing protesters to come and go as long as they submitted to body searches. They said everything was quiet. But protesters, who say there are upwards of 3,000 people inside the camp, insisted they were being kept in.
Police said they made 91 arrests on Wednesday and seized several weapons including an axe, a machete and an high powered catapult with ball-bearing ammunition.
Eight police officers were injured in the clashes, but none seriously.
The leaders of the G8 are meeting amid tight security at the Gleneagles hotel golf resort, 64 km (40 miles) northwest of Edinburgh, to tackle African poverty and global warming. They are expected to make an announcement on global warming later on Thursday and to wrap up the summit on Friday afternoon.
Source: REUTERS
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