Copenhagen police detain 25 after squatter anniversary riots
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in Denmark say that 25 people have been detained for allegedly taking part in clashes during a March protest marking the 10th anniversary of a squatter eviction that sparked riots in Copenhagen.
Police spokesman Mikael Wern said that 10 locations were raided early Wednesday and officers found caltrops — spikes used to deflate vehicle tires — gas masks and objects that could be thrown.
Wern said a handful of the 1,000 participants in the March 1 protest threw rocks, fireworks and bottles at riot police. No one was reported injured, but dozens of shop windows were smashed.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Riots broke out on March 1, 2007, after squatters were evicted from an abandoned building in Copenhagen that had been a center for young leftists and punk rockers for nearly three decades.