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Australia: Pepper spray used on anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne

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Police used pepper spray in a number of confrontations and made over 200 arrests in Melbourne, as several hundred attendees flouted stay-at-home orders and marched through an inner-city suburb. The illegal gathering comes amid city's sixth lockdown since the pandemic started, with the wider state of Victoria reporting over 500 cases of Covid-19 on Saturday. IMAGES

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