Fire and injuries at ECB protest in Germany

Tear gas has been used and one police officer has been injured in clashes with protesters outside the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt.

Three police cars were set alight and two officers injured as authorities confronted anti-austerity protesters trying to blockade the inauguration ceremony for the European Central Bank’s new headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.

Several thousand riot officers pursued what they said was a minority of violent activists as the bulk of protesters conducted themselves peacefully ahead of a rally in the city’s main square.