Police uses force against anti-war protesters during Australia military expo

Australian police used massive force against numerous anti-war protesters, who were on strike against Israel’s military offensive and genocide in Gaza, at the country’s largest defense expo in the capital city Melbourne.

The Land Forces Expo, mainly a defence industry event, saw an excessive police presence on Wednesday after protesters gathered outside the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

One of the organizers of the rally–“Students for Palestine”– blamed the police for the violence and coercion. She added that they used “serious weapons” on peace activists.

“[It] should be banned for use on demonstrators, including pepper spray, which is classified as a chemical weapon,” the rights group said in a statement.

“They hit us with batons, including hitting one man so hard he had to go to hospital and they shot us with rubber bullets,” she said.

Around 1,800 police officers have been deployed to the convention centre where the expo is taking place through Friday.

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