Police Arrest Over 40 Protesters of Munich Security Conference

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Society | 11.02.2007

Police arrested 46 protesters during the Munich Conference on Security Policy that came to an end Sunday. Thousands of people took part in the demonstrations against the event and its participants ...

Protesters put on a number of demonstrations in the Bavarian capital.

Around 300 people gathered on Friday on the city's central Marienplatz under the slogan "Against the NATO War Meeting, Against Torture, War, and Occupation, Against Racism and Nazi Propaganda." Around the same time, about 200 people on bicycles rode through Munich's inner city.

The largest protest was on Saturday, when thousands of mainly peaceful demonstrators marched through the center of town. Police said there were 3,000 participants, while organizers put the number at 7,000 ...

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