Police on Sunday released 18 pictures of people wanted in connection with violence that marred last weekend's mass demonstration in London against government spending cuts. Hundreds of thousands of protesters were estimated to have taken part in the largely-peaceful rally on March 26 against the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition's austerity plan.
But police arrested 201 people after groups of youths broke away from the union-organised march, fighting running battles with riot police and attacking banks and luxury stores in the West End shopping and theatre district. More than 50 officers were injured.
"The vast majority of people, who came to London that day, did so peacefully, but a significant minority didn't - they came to cause violence and damage. There is an extensive operation to identify these people," said Detective Chief Superintendent Matthew Horne.
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