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[link to www.youtube.com]
Baton-wielding anti-riot police in Madrid have dispersed about 150 protesters angry over the visit by the Pope and who had gathered in a main square.
Police had earlier blocked off the central Puerta del Sol square and used vans to hem in the demonstrators, furious over the cost of hosting the 84-year-old Pontiff, who arrived in Madrid earlier Thursday for the Catholic youth festival.
"They (the police) hit me five or six times. We came unarmed, we did nothing, we were here for a public demonstration," said Bruno, 30, who had blood on his elbow.
"Thank goodness I covered my head or I would have hit in the head," he said.
Ines Monroy Perez, 58, a museum employee said "they (the police) pushed me and I hid. People were running and they were being hit."
A spokesman for the Madrid emergency services said they had not attended to any injured.
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk]
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