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GENEVA — Police with water cannons fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest opposing a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded “black bloc” activists were able to cause damage before 14 were arrested, spokesmen said.
The protesters set fire to at least four cars, broke shop windows and committed other acts of violence Saturday, said police spokesman Patrick Puhl.
The clashes occurred during a march by demonstrators against a meeting of the World Trade Organization that starts Monday, in which the U. S., China and other commercial powers will spearhead a new attempt to find ways to revive world trade and drag the global economy out of recession.
