The man 'suffered several physical injuries and remained in hospital overnight for treatment,' Greater Manchester Police said.
of the confrontation showed men wearing face masks taking away the protesters' placards and grabbing one of the demonstrators and dragging him onto the consulate grounds."These reports are extremely concerning," a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Liz Truss said in a statement.
it's important for the full facts to be established, but "on the basis of what I have seen, I want to make clear that it is never acceptable for peaceful protesters to be assaulted and those responsible need to be held to account for their actions."Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a briefing in Beijing he wasn't aware of the incident, but "Chinese embassies and consulates in the U.K.
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