Tautas sapulce Doma laukumā/ Protest against latvian government in Old Town of Riga 13.Jan.2009 (2)

13. Jan. 2009 - The police has detained several rioters that took part in the attack on the Latvian parliament building on Tuesday, and some police officers have also been injured. Andris Dzenis, the police chief of the Riga region, said that several policemen had been injured by the bricks that the rioters had thrown at the police. For now there is no information about how serious are those injuries. Over 10,000 people gathered in the center of the Latvian capital Riga on Tuesday for a peaceful rally organized by the opposition party Society For Other Politics with the intention to urge Latvian President Valdis Zatlers to dissolve the Latvian parliament. The protesters blame incompetent politicians for the current economic crisis and believe that a new parliament could offer a solution to this difficult situation. After the rally a group of aggressive and drunken youngsters made their way towards the nearby parliament building, and the number of rioters grew rapidly, reaching about a thousand. They made their way towards the parliament, shattering its windows and throwing things at the police officers. The crowd control unit with shields was called to the scene and used batons and tear gas to disperse the protesters. by BALTIC NEWS SERVICE

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