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Gardai Hunt MayDay Thugs

category national | summit mobilisations | news report author Wednesday May 26, 2004 14:28author by protester

GARDAI HUNT MAYDAY THUGS

A report in the star yesterday claims the police are hunting down a number of protesters who Sprayed paint in the faces of gardai during the mayday protests on the navan road.
"Officers" who are investigating the "violence" have "obtained" video footage of the "riot."
The Articale continues claiming that one officer suffered fractured ribs when dozens of protesters "attacked" gardai lines at Ashtown gate.
The gardai it claims are also investigating at least one attack on a TV camera man.
TV3 employee Conan Doyle its claims was badly beaten as he tried to prevent thugs from attacking his camera....he has made a formal complaint.

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