Dozens injured in a protest by asylum-seekers outside Eritrean Embassy in Israel

Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

Violent protests erupted between hundreds of Eritrean asylum-seekers and Israeli police in Tel Aviv on Saturday during a protest against an event organised by the Eritrean Embassy.

The Israeli police said 27 officers were injured in the clashes, and at least three protesters were shot by police firing live rounds after they felt “real danger to their lives”.