Police arrest 263 after clashes in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN - Danish police arrested 263 people on Sunday after violent clashes during a protest over the closure of a youth centre in Copenhagen.

Protesters hurled bottles and stones at several dozen riot police and set fire to park benches and rubbish bins, a police spokesman said. One or two demonstrators were injured in the violence, but no police were hurt.

About 500-600 young people had joined a protest over plans to evict left-wing activists and members of the city's squatter movement from a building they have been using as their base.

Police said it was not clear how many people would face charges after the protests.

- REUTERS