London. .- The British police announced today that 214 people were arrested Saturday in the incidents occurred after the demonstration in London to protest against government austerity measures and 66 were injured. The 214 prisoners were for disorderly conduct, while the 66 injured, mostly mild, 31 were police officers, of which eleven were hospitalized.
More than 250,000 people demonstrated against public sector cuts announced by the Government of David Cameron, called the largest protest in the British capital since the start of 2003 against the Iraq war. The trade union confederation British Trade Union Congress (TUC acronym) organized the demonstration, which began before noon, peacefully, in the area of Embankment on the River Thames and marched to Hyde Park.
However, a minority group, about 500 people, turned away from the rally and marched through the central street of Oxford Street, where they clashed with police officers, while some threw paint against stores and bank branches. In addition, there were scuffles between demonstrators and police at the store Fortnum & Mason, famous for selling the traditional English tea, where several young people had access to the roof of the marquee.
There were also scuffles between demonstrators and police in the central Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Street some members of this minority group set fire to wood. Teachers, nurses, members of the National Health Service (NHS acronym in English), workers councils and other public sector employees and retirees joined students in protest against government austerity measures.
Participants came from across the country, so that law enforcement disposed on the streets of London to some 4,500 police officers to maintain order. Commander Bob Broadhurst of the Metropolitan Police, in charge of the security operation on Saturday, said the British media that his officers had to deal with a group of "thugs" in Trafalgar Square.
"This was a senseless act of vandalism, hooliganism, had nothing to do with the protest," he added. 
More than 250,000 people demonstrated against public sector cuts announced by the Government of David Cameron, called the largest protest in the British capital since the start of 2003 against the Iraq war. The trade union confederation British Trade Union Congress (TUC acronym) organized the demonstration, which began before noon, peacefully, in the area of Embankment on the River Thames and marched to Hyde Park.
However, a minority group, about 500 people, turned away from the rally and marched through the central street of Oxford Street, where they clashed with police officers, while some threw paint against stores and bank branches. In addition, there were scuffles between demonstrators and police at the store Fortnum & Mason, famous for selling the traditional English tea, where several young people had access to the roof of the marquee.
There were also scuffles between demonstrators and police in the central Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Street some members of this minority group set fire to wood. Teachers, nurses, members of the National Health Service (NHS acronym in English), workers councils and other public sector employees and retirees joined students in protest against government austerity measures.
Participants came from across the country, so that law enforcement disposed on the streets of London to some 4,500 police officers to maintain order. Commander Bob Broadhurst of the Metropolitan Police, in charge of the security operation on Saturday, said the British media that his officers had to deal with a group of "thugs" in Trafalgar Square.
"This was a senseless act of vandalism, hooliganism, had nothing to do with the protest," he added.
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