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FRANCE, Strasbourg : Anti-NATO protesters have a rest after a demonstration on April 4, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France. French riot police fired tear gas to repulse about 1,000 protestors trying to cross a bridge into central Strasbourg on the last day of a NATO summit, an AFP reporter at the scene said. AFP PHOTO DDP / AXEL SCHMIDT
Anti-war and anti-capitalist demonstrators gathered at a campsite outside of the French city of Strasbourg, ahead of the Nato summit [AFP]
Published On 5 Apr 2009
FRANCE, Strasbourg : An anti-NATO demonstrators smashes a window in Strasbourg on April 4, 2009 during the NATO summit. A violent demonstration against a NATO summit in Strasbourg attracted 30,000 protestors, organisers said, while local officials put the number at 10,000. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC FLORIN
Many demonstrators said they planned peaceful protests, but a group of about 1,000 "particularly violent" rioters clashed with police, smashing windows and ransacking shops [AFP]
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FRANCE, Strasbourg : An anti-NATO protester helps another to treat the effects of tear gas during a demonstration on April 4, 2009 in Strasbourg, eastern France. French riot police fired tear gas to repulse about 1,000 protestors trying to cross a bridge into central Strasbourg on the last day of a NATO summit, an AFP reporter at the scene said. AFP PHOTO DDP / AXEL SCHMIDTf
About a dozen people were reported injured in a series of clashes that lasted until the late afternoon [AFP]
FRANCE, Strasbourg : Firemen douse the burnt remains of a hotel that caught fire during violent clashes between anti-NATO protesters and riot police in Strasbourg on April 4, 2009. A violent demonstration against a NATO summit in Strasbourg attracted 30,000 protestors, organisers said, while local officials put the number at 10,000. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL
Some protesters set fire to a former customs station and an Ibis hotel, which were gutted before fire services were able to put them out [AFP]
flag- JDM011 - Baden Baden, GERMANY : A German police officer walks past a flag bearing a peace sign at an anti-Nato demonstration in Baden-Baden April 2, 2009. Thousands of demonstrators are gearing up for a campaign of civil disobedience and protests ahead of the summit, which marks the organisation''s 60th anniversary. AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL
Protest organisers said the majority of demonstrators did not aim to carry out violence and blamed tensions on security forces [AFP]
France and Germany, which co-hosted the summitt, each deployed 15,000 police and troops ahead of the two-day meeting in a security operation that cost about $150m [EPA]