Protesters’ Molotov cocktails vs police tear gas in Romania

Polis Romanian melepaskan gas pemedih mata dan penunjuk perasaan yang bertindak balas dengan batu-batu dan koktel Molotov semasa protes anti-kerajaan pada hari Sabtu di Bucharest. 1 perhimpunan yang tidak dibenarkan telah diadakan terhadap pembaharuan penjagaan kesihatan yang dicadangkan.

Lebih daripada 1,000 penunjuk perasaan bersatu di Universiti Square utama Bucharest, menghalang lalu lintas, Akhbar laporan Associated. Penunjuk perasaan menjerit slogan anti-kerajaan dan dipanggil untuk pilihan raya awal. Mereka telah melambai bendera Romania dengan kerabit keluar pusat, melambangkan 1989 revolusi anti-komunis.

7 jam kemudian mereka masih enggan meninggalkan dan bertempur dengan polis rusuhan, yang kemudiannya menggunakan gas pemedih mata. Hasilnya sembilan orang telah cedera, di kalangan mereka seorang wartawan TV, yang telah cedera oleh batu yang dilemparkan oleh penunjuk perasaan, berkata pihak berkuasa tempatan. Seorang pegawai polis mengalami kecederaan di kepala selepas dia telah terkena batu.

Polis menahan 29 orang, termasuk samseng bola sepak dengan rekod polis sebelumnya bagi tindakan ganas dan mengganggu ketenteraman awam. Ini adalah hari ke-4 berturut-turut demonstrasi di Romania dan ke-2 di ibu negara terhadap potongan penjimatan dan kejatuhan taraf hidup (falling living standards).

Cc1WC'sChannel REVIEW Disaster 2012: Protesters clash with riot police on University Square in Bucharest on January 14, 2012 during a protest against the government's austerity program and Romanian President Traian Basescu (Penunjuk perasaan pertembungan dengan polis rusuhan di Universiti Square di Bucharest pada 14 Januari, 2012 semasa protes terhadap program penjimatan kerajaan dan Romania Presiden Traian Basescu)

Romanian police fired tear gas and protesters responded with stones and Molotov cocktails during an anti-government protest on Saturday in Bucharest. An unauthorized rally has been staged against proposed health care reforms.

More than 1,000 protesters rallied in Bucharest's main University Square, blocking traffic, Associated Press reports. Protesters yelled anti-government slogans and called for early elections. They have been waving a Romanian flag with a ripped out center, symbolizing the 1989 anti-communist revolution.

Seven hours later they still refused to leave and clashed with riot police, who then used tear gas. As a result nine people have been injured, among them a TV journalist, who has been injured by a stone thrown by a protester, said local authorities. One police officer sustained head injuries after he was hit by stones.

Police detained 29 people, including soccer hooligans with a previous police record for acts of violence and for disturbing public order. This was the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations in Romania and the second in the capital against austerity cuts and falling living standards.