MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila. Associated Press TV footage showed the van repeatedly ramming the protesters as it drove wildly back and forth after activists surrounded and started hitting the vehicle with wooden batons they seized from police. Some screamed in surprise, others hurled stones at the van and yelled invectives. “There was absolutely no justification for it,” Reyes said of the violent police dispersal of about 1,000 protesters. “The Philippines will not be dictated on, whether by the U.S. or China,” they said in a statement.

Source: National Post October 19, 2016 12:45 UTC