Unmasked Anti-Lockdown Protesters Have Been Arrested by Police in Melbourne

Unmasked Anti-Lockdown Protesters Have Been Arrested by Police in Melbourne
Members of Victoria Police patrol around the Shrine of Remembrance enforcing COVID restrictions on July 31, 2020, in Melbourne. (Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)
AAP
By AAP
9/4/2020
Updated:
9/4/2020

Unmasked anti-lockdown protesters have been arrested by police during scuffles in Melbourne.

Officers were punched by one man at the city’s Shrine of Remembrance on Sept 5 before being fitted with a mask and handcuffs.

He was one of more than 20 people arrested at the scene, an AAP photographer reported.

More than 100 people had gathered at the Shrine.

Melbourne