REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Protesters angry over Iceland’s economic meltdown clashed with police Saturday, and at least five people were sent to the hospital with injuries.
Police fired pepper spray at the demonstrators as they tried to storm a police building in the Icelandic capital. The protesters, some of whom threw eggs at police, were demanding that a fellow demonstrator being held by authorities since Friday be released.
Police calmed the crowd and ended the confrontation by freeing the man after an unidentified person paid his outstanding fine associated with a previous demonstration, police said.
The protest began with several thousand people in front of Iceland’s parliament, but a few hundred of them then moved to the police building.
