Monday, March 05, 2007

Woe is Denmark!

THE TIMES: Riots that have resulted in 643 arrests in Copenhagen are expected to continue this week after anarchists travelled from across Europe to protest against the eviction of anticapitalist squatters.

They were answering an appeal to demonstrate against the seizure by antiterror police of Youth House, a centre for far-left activists. Once host to Lenin, it has now been bought by a Christian group.

Barricades were set up in surrounding streets, cars were burnt and officers pelted with petrol bombs after clearing the building on Thursday. Police responded with teargas but the clashes continued despite the arrests that included 140 foreigners. Anarchists move in after international appeal to join rioters

BBC: Bulldozers have begun the demolition of a building at the centre of rioting in the Danish capital Copenhagen, after the eviction of squatters last week.

About 650 people have been arrested following three nights of clashes between protesters and police.

The unrest has been some of the worst seen in the Danish capital for decades. Denmark rioters’ squat demolished

Mark Alexander

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