Masked protesters, mounted police, and massive barricades dominated the scene in Helsingborg as protests against the NATO summit intensified. At the same time, police cracked down on peaceful journalists who were trying to cover the NATO summit.
About 150 NATO-critical protesters gathered at Gustav Adolfs Torg on Friday for an unauthorized demonstration organized by the ”Shut Down NATO” network. The demonstrators marched through Helsingborg chanting slogans such as ”Smash NATO,” ”Fuck NATO,” and ”Fuck Erdogan,” while large parts of the city center were filled with police buses, mounted police, K-9 units, and plainclothes officers, reports Sydsvenska Dagbladet.
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