A 20 year old man from Spain is confirmed dead, reportedly shot in the head and run over by the police, while reports of a woman being killed are awaiting confirmation. Tens of thousands of people are marching in Genoa in opposition to the G8 conference scheduled to start tomorrow. Reports of police beatings and live ammunition being used against the demonstrators are filling the newswires.
"When I tried to take photographs of the police bashing in a glass door of an apartment building...a policeofficer stormed at me, took my camera, ripped out the film and then crushed the camera with his boot...I saw a girl...being kicked by a policeofficer. When we tried to get to her, we were peppersprayed in the face. Obviously, the police do not want the public to know with what brutal force they are acting against protesters." Belguim Indymedia photographer in Genoa
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