US EditionAustralia urges calm after violent clashes in Sydney during Israeli President's visit
About 6,000 protesters defied legal restrictions during the Sydney rally, resulting in dozens of arrests and multiple injuries, police said.
- During a night of clashes, police pushed and arrested protesters outside Town Hall on Monday night, with several detained as they were pushed to Central Station.
- About 6,000 protesters had sought to march to NSW Parliament despite the Public Assembly Restriction Declaration and a failed eleventh-hour court bid, while negotiations between Palestine Action Group and police broke down.
- Images and eyewitness accounts depict officers punching, stomping and dragging attendees as Herald footage shows an officer punching a protester at 7.29pm and another pinned on light rail tracks.
- Authorities have charged nine people, including five accused of assaulting police, and NSW Ambulance said five protesters were taken to Sydney Hospital, including Jann Alhafny with four broken vertebrae and Ian Payne needing six stitches.
- Police leadership said officers faced violent behaviour and are reviewing footage, with NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon saying `The police did what they needed to do, which was to hold the line and then form and move the protesters back with a view dispersing them`.
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