Anti-capitalist demonstrations spiralled into violence in the City of London yesterday as protesters smashed their way into a bank branch sparking clashes with riot police.
Demonstrators broke windows at the RBS branch in Threadneedle Street, threw missiles and smoke bombs and some forced their way inside. The building was daubed with graffiti, including the slogan “thieves”, and activists vandalised the branch, throwing out computers, chairs and office equipment.
The flashpoint came after activists had pledged peaceful demonstrations under the “G20 Meltdown” banner before the summit of world leaders at the ExCeL centre in Docklands today.
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