Updated / Saturday, 24 Apr 2021
22:35
Eight police officers have been injured as anti-lockdown protests in central London turned violent.
Demonstrators hurled bottles as officers attempted to disperse the crowds in Hyde Park this evening, the Metropolitan Police said.
Photographs posted on social media show a female police officer bleeding from a cut to her head, while another suffered a similar wound on his forehead.
The protests, which also took place on Oxford Street, come almost two weeks after Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were eased in England.
Five people were arrested for offences including assault on police and remain in custody, the Met said.
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