Protesters removed from plane

POLICE freed 56 Iranian monarchists after removing them from a plane at Brussels airport yesterday, ending a 15-hour protest by the group against the Tehran government.

Protesters removed from plane
Sat, 12 Mar, 2005 - 00:00

About 90 police officers forcefully removed the protesters from the plane, which was moved away from the airport terminal at Brussels airport after negotiations failed to end the protest at 2.30am Irish time.

The stand-off began shortly after the Lufthansa flight landed from Frankfurt yesterday afternoon.

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