One government supporter was lying in a puddle of blood in a children’s playground.
Israeli police said 27 officers were injured in the clashes, and at least three protesters were shot when police opened fire with live rounds. Many of the anti-government protesters wore sky blue shirts, while government supporters wore purple shirts. Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP By late Saturday afternoon the clashes had stopped, but police were still rounding up protesters and putting them on buses.
Eritrea’s government has denounced anti-government protesters as “asylum scum” who have marched against similar events in Europe and North America.President Isaias Afwerki , has led Eritrea since 1993, taking power after the country won independence from Ethiopia after a long guerrilla war. There have been no elections and there is no free media.