968 detained in Copenhagen climate march

As of Sunday morning, only a handful of the 968 detained during Saturday's climate demonstrations in Copenhagen were still behind bars. Rie Jerichow - 13/12/2009 - On Saturday, tens of thousands of people joined an overwhelmingly peaceful march in winter cold Copenhagen to demonstrate for action on climate change.

The march towards the conference center, where the UN climate change conference is being held, was part of the global "Day of Action" of the climate rallies from Australia to the United States.

Dancers, drummers and people with banners proclaiming: "There is no planet B" were demonstrating for "a global will for urgent and effective action on climate change at this time".

However at one stage, violence flared at the tail end of the demonstration, when masked protestors threw cobblestones through the windows of the historic stock exchange and Foreign Ministry buildings.

According to AP, a police officer received minor injuries when he was hit by a rock thrown from the group, and one protester was injured by fireworks, police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch said.

The police rounded up 968 in a preventive action against a group of youth activists. As of Sunday morning, only a handful was still detained.

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