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Man Dead After Collapsing During G20 Protests

by Tina Kells | April 1, 2009 at 02:26 pm

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The G20 protests have claimed their first casualty. A man who collapsed during the protests was found unconscious by police and taken to hospital. He was pronounced dead by ER doctors at the hospital shortly after he was admitted.

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10:53pm UK, Wednesday April 01, 2009

A protester has died during G20 protests in London, according to the police.

A demonstrator smashes into a RBS branch during G20 protests

The man was found after collapsing at a protest camp near the Bank of England.

Police said bottles were thrown at them while they carried him away.

He was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

The news came as Scotland Yard vowed to track down and prosecute those who attacked officers and stormed a bank during a day of unrest in the City of London.

Riot police had to be sent in after activists broke into a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland.