Clashes Continue As G20 Arrests Mount
Posted June 27, 2010 10:46 am.
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Police and protesters continued to clash Sunday outside the G20 detention centre, demanding the release of jailed demonstrators.
Riot police set off a cloud of smoke before chasing the group down the street.
Police have now arrested more than 550 people in G20-related clashes and vandalism.
About 70 people were taken into custody Sunday morning after a raid at the University of Toronto.
Officers found a cache of “street-type” weapons, such as bricks. Officers searched through trash cans and bushes and collected black clothing.
Police arrested four people who allegedly accessed an open manhole cover in the city’s financial district.
Two private security guards spotted the suspects in the act at 20 Queen St. West between Bay and Yonge St. early Sunday morning.
One of the guards told 680 News, “We were doing patrol and we just happened to look over and we saw two guys, their heads popped out of the sewer and then they were walking eastbound on Queen. They didn’t look like they were workers and they were not police.”
Police found a rope attached to the manhole cover. They have been out patrolling the security perimeter to make sure manhole covers are sealed to ensure nobody breaches the red zone through the city’s sewer system.
