Police attack G20 protesters- Updated

Sunday afternoon a group of 50 demonstrators were beaten and trampled by police during a peaceful anti-G20 protest inside the foyer of the Melbourne museum.

A woman was severely injured after police used batons and fists to disperse the small group of singing, dancing demonstrators. Several hundred police, including two divisions of riot police, were deployed in the incident.

The group consisted mostly of women and included musicians and children. "We were given no warning and were not asked to leave before police charged." Said one of the demonstrators. Members of the group were badly shaken after the event, and the severely injured woman was hospitalised with suspected broken ribs.

"We were singing and dancing at the front of the Melbourne Museum, as a non-violent way of publicly raising our concerns about the G20", said one of the demonstrators. "Without warning we were baton-charged by heaps of cops. It was frightening, especially when a couple of busloads of riot police turned up afterwards."

NB: Stories coming from the demonstrators themselves, like this one, are often quite different than those shown on the television news each night.

Update:

The story has been updated with a graphic series of photos - evidently people have had time to download their camera phones.