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Swiss police press charges against anti-Davos protesters
PremiumSwiss riot police remove an anti WEF protestor during a demonstration in Bern. Photo: Reuters
Zurich: Swiss police will charge more than 100 demonstrators with breaching the peace after they rallied in Bern on Saturday to protest against the World Economic Forum that holds its annual meeting in Davos this week.
Some protesters threw fire crackers and missiles at police but caused no material damage, police said in a statement.
Swiss police on Wednesday arrested two men suspected of throwing red paint and scrawling “Smash WEF" in black graffiti on the walls of the Swiss National Bank in Zurich.
Anger against income inequality and the perceived greed of the rich and powerful has fed the Occupy Wall Street Movement that spurned copy-cat protests in cities in the United States and elsewhere, including Zurich.
Occupy protesters are building an igloo camp in Davos, but few demonstrations are likely at the ski resort given stringent security measures, including exclusion zones around the main congress centre and air patrols by armed fighter jets.
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