Clashes as Ethiopian Israelis protest 'police brutality'

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Source: AFP

Tel Aviv (AFP) - A Tel Aviv rally of thousands of Ethiopian Israelis against alleged police brutality and institutionalised discrimination turned violent Sunday as clashes erupted between protesters and police, an AFP correspondent said.

Mounted police used riot dispersal methods to prevent groups of demonstrators from storming the Tel Aviv municipality.

Police said five officers were injured by stones and bottles hurled by protesters, one of whom was arrested.

Sunday's protest came three days after a stormy demonstration in Jerusalem sparked by footage showing two policemen beating a uniformed Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin.

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