Police and protesters fight in Reykjavik - protest

by dorisig007 | December 31, 2008 at 09:16 am
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Today at around 13:30 ,one of the TV news channels hold every year ,on the last day ,a tv brodcast ,live,where they talk about the year with political party chairmens.
But today ,the hotel,wich is located near the parliement building,was attacke by protesters.

TV equipment was destroyed,so the brodacast could not be sent.

Then the protesters tried to get into the hotel,but police stopped them,and later use gas to get them out.

Protesters where angry ,shouting " goverment out " and " fascists "

Some of the TV people ,protesters and police ,got minor injuries .

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Rachel Nixon

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