Five police officers have been seriously injured in clashes with protesters in London. Scotland Yard confirmed that among the injuries are broken bones resulting from a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy turning violent and a subsequent clash at an Islamic Centre.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the embassy in Princes Gate, Knightsbridge, on Sunday afternoon (September 25) to call for an end to the Islamic Republic of Iran. It came as protests in Iranian cities spread across the world, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the Iranian morality police.
Scotland Yard said the disorder at Sunday’s protest initially broke out in the immediate vicinity of the embassy before moving to Marble Arch and then to Maida Vale, where the Islamic Centre of England was targeted. It said a number of officers were hurt during the protest, five of whom are in hospital with serious injuries. Twelve people were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
