Pro-Palestine Protesters Disperse After CBD Rally Culminates on Melbourne Bridge

Pro-Palestine protesters barred from Melbourne bridge

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters were met with a wall of police refusing to let them onto the King Street Bridge in Melbourne today.The tense showdown followed a peaceful march through the city.However, some pent-up frustration broke into anger, with riot police seen in the area.READ MORE: Police feared crowd crush amid 'perilous' Gaza Sydney Harbour Bridge march The group assembled outside the State Library at midday and wound its way thro…

Pro-Palestine protesters disperse after CBD rally culminates on Melbourne bridge

Just after 3pm, the majority of protesters had dispersed as a line of rally marshals slowly marched backwards from the police.

March under way as thousands head to Melbourne bridge in pro-Palestine rally

The King Street Bridge, a major thoroughfare in Melbourne’s CBD, will be blocked as part of multi-city pro-Palestine rallies that will also close the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Julian Assange among Palestine protesters in Sydney

Protesters are flocking to the Sydney Harbour Bridge to protest against the war in Gaza. Follow live updates.