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Riot police tend to a fellow officer who was wounded in the leg after a homemade mortar fired by protesters struck her, in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 20, 2018. Police in Nicaragua say that a police officer, protester, and pro-government activist have been killed so far in clashes sparked over a ...

“The evacuation… was calm and without incident," according to a statement from Paris police. The Sorbone later said that the university would be closed on Friday and Saturday for “security reasons.” Riot police were also sent on Thursday evening to Paris-Tolbiac university, which has been occupied since ...

Notre-Dame-des-Landes, France. French riot police stand guard during the eviction of environmental protesters. Photograph: Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images. Facebook Twitter Pinterest · Notre-Dame-des-Landes,Loire-Atlantique, France French riot police ...

Students and medics face riot police amid protests against France reforms. President Emmanuel Macron is visiting the hospital at the centre of protests in Rouen. Students face a riot police officer as they demonstrate outside the Rouen hospital, Normandy. (Christophe Ena/PA). By Associated Press ...

Teen sits on curb flanked by Baltimore riot police after protests during funeral for Freddie Gray in April 2015. Arrested for simply having a knife, Gray died from a broken neck while in police custody. PHOTO: Andrew Burton / Getty Images. Share with your friends. Your Name Your Email Recipient Email Enter a Message.

During the hearings, Salas made contradictory statements about the circumstances of his actions, but said repeatedly that he never intended to kill, according to Iranian media. On the first day of the trial, he claimed that he had run into the group of riot police in a fit of "rage" after being severely beaten in the ...

Riot police and officers on horseback clashed with a group of feminists, students and activists during a counter-protest of the annual pro-life 'Day of the Unborn Child' rally on Sunday. The snap action in Sydney was organised by SRC Wom*n's' Officers, Jessica Syed and Maddy Ward, on behalf of Wom*n's ...

A mother has defended an out-of-control house party she charged guests $5 for entry, saying it was an overreaction to send out riot police. 0303_1800_wa_chase. 1:15 · Man on the run after police chase through Perth · 0303_1800_sa_libs. 1:31. Liberal leader denies million dollar donation from ...

Leftist SYRIZA's radical Group of 53 faction has condemned the use of "unjustifiable violence" by riot police officers, referring to clashes with demonstrators protesting property foreclosures in Athens on Wednesday. In a statement, the group questioned "whether there is the political will to curb and ultimately ...

Riot police used rubber bullets to disperse the crowd of more than 400 Thembeni residents on the N2 Groutville off-ramp, who were protesting after being left with no electricity for days. Traffic was backed up for more than 2kms this morning while the protesters threw stones at the police and threatened to ...

Riot police then set in to break up the demonstrators with truncheons and tear gas. The gathering took place in response to recent attacks by nationalists on anarchists, including the burning down of an anarchist collective's premises by far-right protesters during a rally in January. Other attacks on anarchist ...

BAYONNE, NJ – A Jersey City man was charged with attempted murder on Friday stemming from a riot that occurred at a local park in October. Investigators believe Guido Nunez, 26, was responsible for a “shots fired” 9-1-1 call on October 17, 2017 during a large street fight at the basketball courts located ...

Russian riot police have violently dispersed dozens of protesters in the town of Volokolamsk, where they had gathered to demonstrate against a landfill site local authorities say has contaminated the air in the area. The protesters on March 8 blocked a road leading to the landfill in the village of Yadrovo, ...

CHIBA (TR) – Chiba Prefectural Police on Wednesday dismissed an officer from a riot squad after announcing his second arrest for sexual assault, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Mar. 8). In June of 2016, Yohei Akechi, 24, allegedly pushed down a woman as she was commuting home on a road in the ...

Witness spotted riot police in 'full kit' on quiet Somerset street. It's not clear what led to a large police presence, with fire engines, at a property in Yeovil. Share; Comments. By. Liam TrimReporter. 15:50, 1 MAR 2018. News. Enter your postcode to see news and information near you Community updates, Crime Statistics, ...

Officials in Panama dispatched riot police to break up a brawl on Wednesday after a violent confrontation erupted over a Trump hotel. In a video published by the Associated Press, a man—later identified as a Trump Hotel employee—is seen pushing and slapping another man in a hallway. A scuffle then ...

Self-styled anarchists hurled Molotov cocktails against a riot police unit stationed at the intersection of Patision and Tositsa Streets in the Exarchia district of Athens, authorities said on Monday. There were no reports of arrests or injuries. The attacks, which occurred late on Sunday, led to the brief closure of ...

RIOT police were sent to the scene of an incident in the Newington area this morning, the Evening News understands. Police have confirmed that 'specialist officers' were sent to a property at Mentone Gardens in the early hours of this morning to deal with a situation involving a man causing a disturbance.

The Philippines is to deploy hundreds of riot police to the holiday island Boracay to keep out tourists and head off potential protests ahead of its six-month closure to visitors. Rodrigo Duterte has described the tiny central island and its white-sand beach as a “cesspool”. The Philippine president ordered ...

Police fought pitched battles with left-wing activists across France yesterday as President Macron's attempt to face down anarchist groups veered into chaos. The groups are occupying 15 universities around the country and a tract of countryside near Nantes in the west, where the main struggle between the ...

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Thousands of angry opposition supporters clashed with riot police in Yerevan on Monday as they marched to the Armenian parliament in protest against its intention to appoint former President Serzh Sarkisian as the country's prime minister. Security forces clad in full riot gear used ...

YEREVAN -- Demonstrators and Armenian riot police clashed after lawmakers nominated Serzh Sarkisian to be the country's next prime minister amid a wave of protests accusing the longtime former president of a power grab. Protest leader Nikol Pashinian was taken to hospital on April 16 with cuts and an ...

The first-ever women's sizes are included in the first riot police uniform redesign in 62 years, unveiled as part of preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. Female-specific uniforms are being produced to provide for the growing number of women officers, who currently have to wear ...

“We are getting stronger in solidarity,” read one banner as riot police moved in and fired tear gas after the group ignored calls to disperse, AFP photographers at the scene said. Fifteen women were detained by police, the private Dogan News Agency reported. In Istanbul Sunday, a group of around 1,500 ...

Police on March 4 fired tear gas to break up a women's rights march in the capital Ankara, with some 15 protesters reportedly detained. The protesters, mainly from the Ankara Women's Platform, an NGO promoting women's rights, had gathered in the center of the city for the rally, called ahead of ...