German states send more police to Hamburg as G20 violence escalates

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Protesters injured at least 160 police officers, torched cars and trucks and broke into a locked-down metro station on Friday, seeking to wrest control of the streets of Hamburg as leaders from the world's biggest economies met nearby. The escalating violence prompted Hamburg's police to call in reinforcements from around Germany to help the 15,000 officers already deployed to the northern port city for the G20 summit. -- More...