Australia Anti-Lockdown Protesters Pepper-Sprayed, Hundreds Arrested
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Australia anti-lockdown protest: Officers used pepper spray and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne as several hundred attendees violated stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb.
Several police officers were wounded and hundreds of protesters were arrested in Australia's second-most-populous city Saturday in violent clashes at an anti-lockdown march.
Officers used pepper spray and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne as several hundred attendees violated stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb.
The illegal gathering comes as the city goes through its sixth lockdown since the pandemic started, with the wider state of Victoria reporting over 500 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.
Police said six officers were taken to hospital after they were pelted with projectiles and trampled in clashes with the crowd of around 700 people.
