Riot police use a water cannon in Hamburg. Photo: DPARiot police used water cannon overnight Tuesday to disperse several gatherings of protesters ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg. Police first dislodged protesters who had set up tents in a park in the western district of Altona, according to police and media reports. A little later, shortly before midnight, police used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse rallies of several hundred people who had started blocking roads in various locations, in particular the Sankt-Pauli neighbourhood. On Sunday police used pepper spray as they cleared tents set up by some 600 activists on the banks of the Elbe river.

Source: The Local July 05, 2017 06:33 UTC