‘Organised thugs’ infiltrated fees protests’

POLICE believe that crowds of students protesting about tuition fees last week were infiltrated by “organised groups of hardcore activists and street gangs bent on violence”, Home Secretary Theresa May said yesterday.

‘Organised thugs’ infiltrated fees protests’

May said that police had already received a good public response to the publication of photos of suspected ringleaders and she expected significant numbers of arrests.

Some 35 people were arrested last Thursday as the demonstration against the tripling in university tuition fees descended into scenes of violence across central London, including an attack on a car containing the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

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