Photos: Protests against G20 summit in Hamburg turns violent

Heavily armed police commandos moved in after activists had spent much of the day attempting to wrest control of the streets from more than 15,000 police, setting fires, looting and building barricades. Despite the chaos that threatened to overwhelm parts of the city during much of the day, the summit was largely unaffected.

Updated on: Jul 10, 2017 7:10 AM IST

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Riot police use water cannon against protesters in Hamburg.Heavily armed police commandos moved in after activists had spent much of the day attempting to wrest control of the streets from more than 15,000 police, setting fires, looting and building barricades. Police said 200 officers had been injured, 134 protesters temporarily detained and another 100 taken into custody. (AFP)

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Greenpeace activists stand next to the giant statue of the U.S. President Donald Trump during the protest at the G20 summit in Hamburg. (REUTERS)

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Demonstrators dressed as clowns face policemen as they take part in a protest. Most protesters expressed their opposition to the summit in peaceful ways asking for quick action on climate change and solutions to the migration crisis. (AFP)

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Riot police block a road on in Hamburg, Germany. About 500 people looted a supermarket in the neighbourhood as well as smaller stores. (AFP)

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Hundreds of officers went into buildings to arrest rioters wearing black masks from rooftops while being attacked with iron rods and Molotov cocktails. (AFP)

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An anti-G20 protester stands in front of a burning street barricade and poses with a flag reading ‘Captitalism Kills’ in Germany. (REUTERS)

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Demonstrators are hit by water cannons of the police as they protest against the ongoing G20 summit. (AFP)

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A group of protestors expressed rage against capitalism and globalization and called for open borders to let all refugees enter Europe as they battled with the riot police. (AFP)

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Police said riots were extremely aggressive in the early hours of Saturday in the city’s neighbourhoodsss, which is only a few hundred meters (yards) away from the summit grounds. (AP)

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A protester gestures towards police during demonstrations. G20 participants said they had never seen protesters closer to such a summit than in Hamburg (REUTERS)

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A shop looted during anti-G20 protests on the first day of the summit in Hamburg. (REUTERS)

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A protester holds a wooden plank during the protests. (REUTERS)

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Despite the chaos that threatened to overwhelm parts of the city during much of the day, the summit, with thousands of participants from dozens of countries, was largely unaffected. (REUTERS)