Several people have been injured after police broke up a banned
pro-democracy demonstration in the Algerian capital, Algiers, the leader
of the opposition party that organised the rally has told AFP news
agency
About 300 people defied a ban in an attempt to hold the demonstration
on Saturday but were confronted by dozens of police armed with batons,
tear gas and plexiglas shields, Said Sadi, head of the Rally for Culture
and Democracy (RCD), said.
"There are several injured ... and numerous arrests," he said.
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