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HAMBURG. – Anti-capitalist protesters plunged the start of the G20 summit in Hamburg into chaos yesterday as they blocked the streets leading to the venue.
Protesters attacked a police helicopter with a firework, set dozens of cars alight and tore down street signs to barricade the roads. Police responded with water cannon and baton charges. US First Lady Melania Trump was blocked by protesters from reaching an event organised for the spouses of leaders yesterday.
Angela Merkel’s husband, Joachim Sauer, was hosting the spouses. But a spokesman for the US delegation said they had been unable to get security clearance for Mrs Trump to travel to the event. “We have no security clearance from the police to leave the guest house,” Mrs Trump’s spokesperson told German media.
A Hamburg police spokesman told The Telegraph that they had “no reports of any protest incident in the area of the Trump guest house”. However, they could not confirm or deny whether there was a security threat to Mrs Trump. – The Telegraph.
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