Several injured after police van rams into protesters in Philippines

Several injured after police van rams into protesters in Philippines

FPJ BureauUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 11:56 AM IST
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Protesters lie on the ground after being hit by a police van during a rally in front of the US embassy in Manila on October 19, 2016. A Philippine police van on October 19 rammed and ran over baton-wielding protesters outside the US embassy in Manila. / AFP PHOTO / Rob Reyes |

Manila : A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-US rally turned violent at the American embassy in Manila, reports AP.

   At least three student activists had to be taken to a hospital after they were run over by the van driven by a police officer, protest leader Renato Reyes said. AP Television footage showed the van repeatedly ramming the protesters as it drove wildly back and forth after protesters had surrounded and started hitting the van with wooden batons they had seized from the police.

  “There was absolutely no justification for it,” Reyes said of the violent police dispersal of about 1,000 protesters. “Even as the president vowed an independent foreign policy, Philippine police forces still act as running dogs of the US.”   The violence happened as the protesters gathered to demand an end to the presence of US troops in the country and to support a call by President Rodrigo Duterte for a foreign policy not dependent on the US, the country’s longtime treaty ally.

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