Anti-NATO Protesters Might Sue Romania Over Police Brutality

 

 

On Wednesday, Romanian security forces broke into a factory in Bucharest that has been rented by a group of anti-NATO protesters and took away 46 suspected activists for identity checks. Eight other people were picked up off the street and brought to police precincts together with the protesters.

 

 

However, an official with the Gendarmerie said the intervention of the security forces was triggered by the aggressive behavior of people inside the factory.

 

The official said that some of the protesters even attacked police officers.

 

“When seeing the gendarmes and police officers the protesters showed extreme violence, using tear gases in order to scare the officers,” said Marius Militaru, spokesperson with the Bucharest Gendarmerie.