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Hundreds of people including police officers have been injured

Shocking images and footage from the city show ransacked shops and empty shelves, with broken glass littering the pavements. Many have also been vandalised with thick, black graffiti, while others were torched after a night of fiery clashes between demonstrators and the police. Several cash machines became a target, with thugs trying to set them on fire and rip them from the walls. READ MORE: G20 summit protests LIVE: 15,000 police seize Hamburg as rioters ‘destroy country'


REUTERS Fires were also started inside the looted shops

An estimated 100,000 people have taken part in a number of protests across the city, many of which have now turned violent as world leaders met. At least 213 police officers have been injured in the demonstrations and the numbers are expected to rise, a police spokesperson said. No official figures on the number of injured protestors have been revealed yet, but 14 people have been arrested and 63 are held in custody. “It is like a war zone, absolutely crazy,” said Daniel Krohn, 42, a local resident. "I can not wrap my head around the level of violence.”

GETTY Even some ATMs were destroyed in the riots


EPA Police have begun the process of clearing up

The German Police Union tweeted out this morning: “G20: such a night must not repeat itself in our constitutional state.” Officers have been spotted marching through the city this morning, trying to help clear the charred debris from the streets as the city tries to regain control. Huge piles of the blackened remains of shop interoriors and street furniture have been made on the corners of the road as protestors tried to form barricades to force the city into lockdown.

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Fires still burn under some of the remains, and fear of further destruction across the city has forced has forced business owners to keep their shops in the city centre closed today, according to city manager Brigitte Engler. The two-day G20 summit of the world's major economic powers continues today in the northern German port city. Protests broke out on Thursday in opposition to world leaders including Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

REUTERS Shop fronts were smashed in and the insides looted

AFP GETTY Police retaliated with water cannons and tear gas as the violence spread

And while many rallies were peaceful, some swiftly broke out in violence which has continued over the past 48 hours. Masked thugs dressed in black threw smoke bombs and glass bottles at police, while cars were set alight in the streets as the violence spilled out across the city. So far 14 people have been arrested following the violence, with 63 in custody

EPA At least 14 people have been arrested so far

AFP GETTY Cras and shops have been burned out by rioters

Police retaliated with water cannons and tear gas as the violence spread and protestors continued to attack officers. CDU interior politician Wolfgang Bosbach claimed the city was facing "civil-war like conditions". He said: ”Responsible are the ones who are often lightly called "activists" and who, in the pretext of a political commitment, give free rein to their criminal energy.”