{"id":71305,"date":"2021-08-21T14:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=71305"},"modified":"2021-08-21T14:37:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T14:37:07","slug":"australia-police-clash-with-lockdown-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=71305","title":{"rendered":"Australia police clash with lockdown protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img class=\"wp-image-71307 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LOCKDOWN-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1051\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LOCKDOWN-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LOCKDOWN-696x402.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/LOCKDOWN.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/>News Desk:<\/strong> Police in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney have clashed with thousands of people protesting against Covid lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Melbourne, mounted officers used pepper spray when elements of a 4,000-strong rally broke through police lines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Police arrested 218 people, and at least seven officers were injured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Sydney, where lockdown measures have been extended for another month, more than 1,000 officers dispersed protests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It came as the state of New South Wales (NSW), of which Sydney is the capital, recorded 825 new locally-acquired cases, the highest number for any Australian territory in a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, more than 2,000 protesters gathered before holding a largely peaceful march, reports BBC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Police in the state of Victoria condemned the violence that broke out in Melbourne on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All those arrested face fines of A$5,452 (\u00a32,850) for breaching Covid regulations, police said. Three people were also charged with assaulting police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stay-at-home orders were extended across Victoria on Saturday in a bid to contain a widening outbreak of Covid cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The protests in Sydney were smaller, with about 250 people taking part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Desk: Police in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney have clashed with thousands of people protesting against Covid lockdowns. In Melbourne, mounted officers used pepper spray when elements of a 4,000-strong rally broke through police lines. Police arrested 218 people, and at least seven officers were injured. 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