Geneva police today fired teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a United Nations agency as they vented their anger at a G7 summit about to take place across the border in France.
Some 20,000 people gathered for a march that was initially peaceful but protesters later targeted what they depicted as symbols of capitalism and multilateralism, including the parked Tesla and the UN office.
Demonstrators ripped bricks from the ground to throw at police, while children cried as teargas wafted over downtown Geneva’s sun-baked streets.
Elsewhere on the march route, the wooden barriers at a Banque
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