Genoa: Police using guns, One person killed

Johannes Schneider Johannes.Schneider at gmx.net
Fri Jul 20 09:23:24 PDT 2001


Friday, 20 July, 2001, 16:19 GMT 17:19 UK Protester killed in Genoa clashes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1448000/1448751.stm

An anti-capitalist protester has been shot dead during clashes with police during the G8 summit in the Italian port city of Genoa. Another protester is reported to be seriously injured after having been run over by a police vehicle in the same incident. The death came as running battles raged between thousands of anti-globalisation demonstrators and police close to where the leaders of the world's richest countries and Russia - the Group of Eight (G8) - were holding their first day of talks.


>From Italian indymedia:
18:17: UN ragazzo e' morto. COnfermato da polizia, media ufficiali e compagni, per colpa pare di un lacrimogeno sparato ad altezza uomo (anche se le ipotesi dell'incvestimento da un blindato e' ancora in discussione) At least one death is confirmed. By Police, by media, bycomrades and eye-witness. Most people thinks it was a men-height tear gas (but the van hit is another possibility).



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