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Police rain down batons on protest
A PEACEFUL protest in support of migrants triggered violent scenes at London’s St Pancras station this weekend as police wielded batons against hundreds of activists.
Campaigners gathered there on Saturday for the second solidarity demonstration at the Eurostar terminal in the space of a week.
Scotland Yard claimed that dozens of people clad in black and with their faces covered tried to storm the platforms for the international train services.
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