Glasgow - but a top police officer has said known football groups were on both sides. Missiles were thrown amid clashes between protesters who said they were there to 'guard' the city's statues in the city centre and counter-demonstrators.
A mass rally had initially been set up to call for the removal of the statue of former Prime Minster and founder of the Metropolitan Police Sir Robert Peel by the Glasgow Youth Art Collective - which was later cancelled.
But a group called the Loyalist Defence League urged its supporters to watch over it and hundreds descended on George Square today.
Missiles were thrown between two groups and cops in riot gear had to separate the sides. Police Scotland has said no arrests were made today - but that.
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