400 police injured in demonstration

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Protest organisers said 520 demonstrators were hurt.

Police said 63 remained behind bars after violence that broke out on Saturday on the sidelines of a demonstration by tens of thousands in the north German port of Rostock.

Despite their riot gear, 433 officers were hurt, including 30 who were hospitalised with broken bones and cuts after fighting into the evening Saturday with some 2,000 protesters who showered them with beer bottles and fist-sized rocks, police said.

Other officers were treated for smoke inhalation from burning vehicles and debris, and for eye irritation from the tear gas used by police in an attempt to dissipate the skirmishing groups of black-clad youths.

Organisers said 20 of the injured demonstrators were seriously hurt, and activist Mani Stenner said more than 165 had been temporarily detained.

People protesting against the G8 summit had streamed into Rostock from around Europe and elsewhere for what began as a relatively peaceful demonstration.

Authorities put the size of the demonstration at 25,000, while organisers said it was 80,000. Some 13,000 police were on hand.

The protesters gathered in two large groups and then marched through town chanting slogans and carrying signs against the three-day summit.

The meeting begins on Wednesday in the nearby coastal resort of Heiligendamm where German Chancellor Angela Merkel will lead discussions with leaders of Britain, France, Japan, Italy, Russia, Canada and the US on global warming, aid to Africa and the world economy.