Seoul - Hundreds of protestors clashed with police in Seoul on Saturday after families of the victims of South Korea's ferry disaster were prevented from marching to the president's residence.
An crowd of about 3,000 forced their way through police barricades in their attempt to join a group of some 50 other families who had been staging a 2-day sit-in nearby.
Police used pepper spray and water cannons and traded punches and kicks with those at the front of the crowd.
AFP