New South Wales police arrested 57 people participating in Sydney’s unauthorized protest Saturday against a COVID-19 lockdown, authorities said.
July 24 (UPI) — New South Wales police arrested 57 people participating in Sydney’s unauthorized protest Saturday against a COVID-19 lockdown, authorities said. Along with the 57 arrests, police issued at least 90 penalty infringement notices established a strike force, according to a NSW police statement. Mal Lanyon, deputy commissioner of metropolitan field operations, said the work of the strike force, which will include at least 22 detectives, has begun. „Our officers have already started to identify attendees and will continue for as long as required to identify and prosecute all whose who broke the law today,“ Lanyon said. Protesters shouted „freedom“ while marching through the Haymarket suburb, which NSW health director Dr. Jeremy McAnulty had declared a COVID-19 hotspot moments earlier, toward the central business district, ABC News Australia reported.
