LONDON: Some protesters were treated for bloody injuries and given first aid at the scene.
Many protesters arrested at the Million Mask march in central London, including two for assaulting police officers, after protesters set off fireworks and flares.
The Metropolitan police said three officers were taken to hospital after being injured, while some protesters were treated for bloody injuries and given first aid at the scene.
Three men were arrested before the march began after a police search turned up knives, smoke and paint grenades, gas canisters and lock picks.
The three men, aged 38, 55 and 50, were held at a central London police station on suspicion of being in possession of offensive weapons.
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Bonfire Night’s ‘Million Mask March’ was organised by collective ‘Anonymous’, and saw marches being held in 650 other cities across the globe.
The Metropolitan police deployed what they described as a “significant policing operation”, include thousands of extra officers drafted in to tackle expected unrest, after previous events ended in arrests and clashes with police across the city centre.
Police ramped up numbers in a bid to curb violence and anti-social behaviour, but Scotland Yard told The Huffington Post UK that 49 people had been arrested, some three and a half hours after the demonstration was due to end.