By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -Eighteen police officers and several people were injured after thousands of pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets of Bern on Saturday, police said on Sunday, adding the demonstration was unauthorised.

The protest in the Swiss capital against Israel’s war in Gaza turned violent when police tried to restrict the movement of the protesters, who were throwing objects and bricks, police told a press conference.

Swiss national broadcaster SRF reported that police used tear gas and water cannon against the crowd of up to 5,000 people who attended the march.

“This behaviour … forced the police to use coercive measures,” Michael Bettschen, deputy regional head of the Bern cantonal police, said on Sunday. One person was arrested.

Such confrontation

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