Police in riot gear at Hamburg take a protester into custody - Click to enlarge
Swiss news media reported on Sunday that at least one Swiss was among those arrested at violent protests during the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.
Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick said the train bringing Swiss protesters back home to Switzerland was stopped and searched at the border, and that the head of police in Bern suggested there might have been fewer police injured in Hamburg if they used rubber bullets like police do in the Swiss capital.
It also said some left-wing organisations in Zurich and a left-wing centre in Bern were particularly active in mobilizing people to go to Hamburg for the protests. The police would not disclose many Swiss might have been detained or later released in Hamburg or during the border checks.
German authorities previously said hundreds had boarded a special train from Basel to Hamburg, with many of them pulled aside to undergo rigorous inspection checks and dozens refused entry.
The Swiss News Agency reported that the violent riots were continuing on Sunday even after the end of the G20 summit from Friday to Saturday. Rioters threw bottles, stones and other objects. Police reported several arrests and injuries to officers among their own ranks.
Police reported on Saturday that more than 200 police officers were wounded since Thursday and 143 people arrested, but there were no exact figures available on the number of injured demonstrators.
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