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Scuffles erupt at London climate rally

Sunday, 08 March 2015 2:19 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 08 March 2015 7:13 PM ]

File photo of a London protest march over climate change

British police and climate activists have come to blows at a climate rally in the capital London.

The scuffles broke out in central London on Saturday. Elsewhere in the city, cyclists blocked a main road and anarchists incited further mischief.

As around 20,000 people gathered in central London to demand a stronger government stance on climate change before the Paris climate conference in December, RT reported.

Many protesters marched towards the Houses of Parliament to make their demands heard.

As the crowd progressed from Lincoln’s Inns Fields and headed towards Westminster, many sit-ins were organized along the way.

At one stage about 100 marchers blocked traffic outside Charing Cross station after sitting down in the middle of the road with their bicycles.

Earlier in the day, scuffles broke out between what has been described as “anarchists” and police as the march progressed through central London. The march was conducted in coordination with a reported 2,500 events around the world.

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