Riot police swept through the streets of Canada’s besieged capital today to drive out protesters who have been occupying downtown for more than three weeks.
Earlier, Ottawa police addressed the protesters in a tweet: ‘We told you to leave.
One officer had a minor injury. Accused of being heavy-handed, especially when sending in Mounties on horseback, police said there had been no serious injuries among protesters. Tow truck operators wearing neon-green ski masks, with their companies’ logos taped over on their lorries to conceal their identities, arrived under police escort and started removing big rigs, campers and other parked vehicles.
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