source:ABCnews,SKYNEWS,INFORMUNIVERSE
Violence that continued late into last night has overshadowed yesterday’s massive anti-government cuts demonstrations in central London.
While between 400,000 and 500,000 people marched peacefully in the capital, in areas of the West End hundreds of activists clashed with police.
Riot police fought protesters at high profile landmarks including the Ritz hotel, Fortnum and Mason and in Trafalgar Square.
Missiles were thrown, graffiti was daubed on walls and some attempted to damage the square’s London 2012 Olympic clock.
On Oxford Street and Regent Street the anarchists stopped traffic, smashed windows and threw paint and fireworks.
Branches of the HSBC and Santander banks were also targeted.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Officers have come under sustained attack as they deal with the disorder and attempted criminal damage
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