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Bristol protests: Fourteen arrests after second night of violence

Fourteen people were arrested as police dispersed demonstrators in Bristol last night, days after an earlier protest descended into rioting.

Detectives have released the first images of suspects they are seeking over Sunday’s riots in the city, in which 21 police officers were injured.

Officers trained in public order were deployed last night to College Green, where police said that about 130 people had gathered again earlier in the evening.

Officers wielding batons and shields could be seen breaking up groups of protesters, with footage showing some clashes.

Avon and Somerset police tweeted at about 2.40am that the protest “has now concluded after officers enforced Covid-19 legislation”.

It said that 14 people had been arrested for offences including breaches of Covid-19 legislation and obstruction of