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Clashes at Nato summit protests Clashes at Nato summit protests
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Police have clashed with hundreds of anti-Nato protesters in Strasbourg, firing tear gas to stop a crowd getting to the city centre, reports say.Police have clashed with hundreds of anti-Nato protesters in Strasbourg, firing tear gas to stop a crowd getting to the city centre, reports say.
Masked protesters smashed bus shelters and set fire to rubbish bins, the AFP news agency reported. Masked protesters smashed bus shelters and set fire to rubbish bins. AFP reported hundreds of arrests.
The windscreen of a military vehicle carrying police was also smashed. Security has been high in Strasbourg and across the German border in preparation for the summit.
Leaders of Nato member states, including US President Barack Obama, are due in the city on Friday for the alliance's 60th-anniversary summit. Some 25,000 police are on duty to control the tens of thousands of protesters expected to attend.
France last month announced it would be fully re-integrated into Nato. Groups of youths, many wearing hoods or scarves, walked through a suburb of the city carrying banners saying: "Stop repression in London and Strasbourg".
For decades it has stood at a distance from the alliance, taking part in military operations but not in its central planning and decision-making.
Windows smashed
Thousands of police officers are on duty to try to control the protests
Groups of youth, mostly wearing hoods or scarves, walked through a suburb of the city carrying banners saying: "Stop repression in London and Strasbourg".
Bus stops and vehicles were vandalised, shop windows smashed and a barricade put up on one street.Bus stops and vehicles were vandalised, shop windows smashed and a barricade put up on one street.
Thousands of police officers are on duty to try to control the protests
One protester rammed a pole through the front window of a police vehicle.One protester rammed a pole through the front window of a police vehicle.
A passenger in the car appeared to be holding a handgun as it quickly reversed.A passenger in the car appeared to be holding a handgun as it quickly reversed.
Security has been high in Strasbourg and across the border in the German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl, in preparation for the summit. An eyewitness who asked not to be named told the BBC that riot vans and water cannon were later seen heading towards the protesters' official camp in Ganzau, south of the city.
Some 25,000 police are on duty to control the tens of thousands of protesters expected to attend. Leaders of Nato member states are due in the city on Friday for the alliance's 60th-anniversary summit.
France last month announced it would be fully re-integrated into Nato.
For decades it has stood at a distance from the alliance, taking part in military operations but not in its central planning and decision-making.