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Building at center of protests razed

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From Times Wire Reports

Masked demolition workers protected by police tore down a Copenhagen building that served as a makeshift cultural center for Denmark’s anarchists and disaffected youth, ignoring sobs and screamed obscenities from a crowd of young people.

Four days of riots followed the owner’s decision to evict squatters from the building. The violent demonstrations were Denmark’s worst in a decade and drew people from across Northern Europe. More than 650 people were arrested and 25 injured.

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