Hundreds of protestors clashed with police on the streets of London amid the annual Million Mask March late Friday, setting an effigy of Prime Minister Boris Johnson ablaze.
A group of rioters sporting Guy Fawkes masks have blasted fireworks at officers, forcing riot police to force their way into the crowd to confiscate the missiles.
Other groups of anarchists joined arms and rushed the police, which led to violent clashes and fights between the protestors and officers in Parliament Square, Trafalgar Square and Oxford Circus.
Accordingly, the Met has issued a dispersal order for Westminster, calling on all protestors to disband.
Footage has emerged of riot police locked in a battle with rioters just metres from the Houses of Parliament.
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The march, which has been held each year since 2012, sees anarchists and anti-establishment protestors rally against government corruption, wealth inequality, and, as of last year, coronavirus restrictions.
Almost 200 people, including businessman and prominent anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn, were arrested in last year's march for breaching Covid restrictions.
Moreover, other clips have shown the anarchists launching fireworks towards police ranks and setting Johnson's effigy alight at the foot of Nelson's column.
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The police were forced to set up barricades at various locations across the capital to contain the march which protestors have vowed: "will go down in history."
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