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During the clashes with the protesters on the eve of the G20 summit in Hamburg, 76 police officers were injured, five of them were taken to the hospital. It is reported by the "German wave".

In particular, one of the police officers exploded nearby with a firecracker is damaged by the eye. The security of the retina received a pilot of a police helicopter when they tried to blind a laser pointer.

The riots flashed almost immediately after the start of the Protest of WelCome to Hell, dedicated to the beginning of the summit. The police stopped the 12,000th procession to isolate about a thousand extremists of the Black Bloc, uniting various anarchist and leftist trends. The members of the group were masked and black clothes. At the same time, carrying the face covering the face during demonstrations violates the law on mass events.

This sharply exacerbated the situation. Extremists began to throw police bottles, smoke bombs, firecrackers and other objects. In response, the police used waterlets and pepper gas. Soon after the start of the clashes, the organizers of the Welcome to Hell reported that the protest was completed.

However, some time later the situation was again heated. Demonstrators who agreed with the police renew the procession again attacked law enforcement officers. Hooligans smashed the windows of shops and cars, set fire to bicycles, garbage and other items.

Only by 4 o’clock in the morning the situation normalized. However, by 8 o’clock in the morning there were reports that opponents of the G20 summit are preparing a new wave of protests and in small groups move to the city center. On Friday, they are going to block the routes of traffic of automobile courts with participants in the meeting "Big Twenty" and hold a large action in the Hamburg port.

“I express respect to peaceful demonstrators, they enjoy their democratic law. Those who show aggression are mocking democracy,” said the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to her, there are no excuses for violent protests.

Meanwhile, participants in the summit continue to arrive in Hamburg. At night, Russian President Vladimir Putin flew into the city. On Friday, his first personal meeting with US President Donald Trump is planned.