Slovenia denies excessive police force against protesters
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Slovenia’s interior minister has rejected accusations that police used excessive force to curb anti-government protests with water cannons and tear gas on the eve of a major European Union summit in the country earlier this week
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia -- Slovenia’s interior minister on Friday rejected accusations that police used excessive force to curb anti-government protests with water cannons and tear gas on the eve of a major European Union summit in the country earlier this week.
The demonstrations were the third in a month, organized against virus measures and the use of COVID-19 passes, including for going to work in all state-run firms. People must show that they are either fully vaccinated or that they have taken an expensive PCR test.
Interior Minister Ales Hojs said in Brussels that “police did their job very well during Tuesday's intervention" and were "within their jurisdiction.” An investigation still has opened into police actions, he added.
About 25 protesters were detained and several were injured or hospitalized — mostly for inhaling tear gas.
