Westminster Tamil Demo Brings Rush-Hour Chaos ; Scuffles and Five Arrests As Thousands Attend Rally Fixed Up by Text and Facebook [Edition 2]
Evening Standard - London › April 08, 2009
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PROTESTERS calling for an end to the civil war in Sri Lanka caused major rush-hour disruption to central London today as they besieged Westminster.
At one stage 3,500 Tamils blocked Westminster Bridge. Some threatened to jump en masse into the Thames unless they could speak to Gordon Brown.See the full content of this document
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Westminster Tamil Demo Brings Rush-Hour Chaos ; Scuffles and Five Arrests As Thousands Attend Rally Fixed Up by Text and Facebook [Edition 2]
Four RNLI lifeboats and police and fire rescue boats stood by ready to pull people from the water. Two men had to be rescued after jumping in.
Police in riot gear began moving protesters from the bridge...See the full content of this document
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