Germany anti-austerity protest turn violent

Mar 18 In Germany, several people have been hurt and about 350 people have been arrested, as anti-austerity demonstrators clashed with police in Frankfurt. Police cars were set alight and stones were thrown in a protest against the opening of a new base for the European Central Bank.Some 10,000 anti-austerity protesters have gathered in Frankfurt, Germany, as the European Central Bank opens its building in the city. An earlier stand-off between the protesters and police resulted in clashes, with tear gas and water cannons deployed after the demonstrators torched several cars and put tires on fire. Both sides report injuries. Some 350 people have been detained. Violence broke out close to the city's Alte Oper concert hall hours before the ECB building's official opening. Organisers were bringing a left-wing alliance of protesters from across Germany and the rest of Europe to voice their anger at the ECB's role in austerity measures in EU member states, most recently Greece.