police arresting protester

Rival groups to protest in Melbourne CBD

AN anti-racism rally in Melbourne’s CBD has been marred by unmaskings, an arrest and clashes with a rival ring-wing event

A protester was arrested after allegedly clashing with journalists and police.

Police cuffed the woman and she was later placed in a van and driven away.

About 500 protesters holding “Melbourne says no to racism” placards marched to parliament where a right wing group was holding a rally.

The opposing groups were kept apart by police and large orange barriers.

Video footage from the protest shows one young man being apparently set upon by a group as he walked along Swanston St, near Lonsdale St, draped in an Australian flag.

The rowdy group approached the male when he picked up the flag a cyclist, moments before, had yanked from his shoulders.

 

Read the full article by Wayne Flower, Aaron Langmaid, Andrea Hamblin and AAP,  at the Herald Sun.