Police Attacked as They Try to Save Dying G20 Protester

Police officers came under attack while they tried to help a dying man at the G20 protests in London's financial district Wednesday night.

The victim was found by a member of the public unconscious in the street near the Bank of England just before 7:30 p.m.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said officers arrived on the scene to help and had to move the casualty away for urgent treatment after bottles were thrown at them by protesters.

The man was eventually pronounced dead at the hospital. According to one protester at the scene he was in his 30s. Ninety people were arrested during a first day of protests marking the summit.