(ANSA-AFP) - LJUBLJANA, SEP 16 - Slovenian police used water
cannon and tear gas on Wednesday to disperse thousands
protesting against toughened Covid-19 restrictions. Police said
around 8,000 people attended the demonstration, making it the
biggest so far against health restrictions in the small Alpine
country of two million. "Police intervened to disperse the rally
after protesters started throwing bottles, stones and fire
crackers," a police statement said. Private news website N1
reported some officers had been injured, and several protesters
had been detained as smaller groups continued to clash with
police in the centre of the capital Ljubljana. The latest
restrictions that came into force on Wednesday include a
so-called "PCT" certificate as a condition to go to work or
visit shops. To obtain a certificate citizens will need to have
either been vaccinated, tested or to have recovered from the
virus. They come as the number of those infected surges with
only 45 percent of the population vaccinated. "Stop the corona
fascism" or "Freedom, where are you?!" read some of the banners
at the protest, organised through social networks by groups,
including those denying the existence of Covid-19. (ANSA-AFP).
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