Police add water cannon to G20 arsenal

Expect more traffic congestion,

German police used water cannons in 2007 against anti-G8 protestors in Hinter Bollhagen, Germany,

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Jesse McLean Staff Reporter

Police have added a water cannon to their arsenal as they step up security ahead of this week’s G20 summit in Toronto.

Provincial police Const. Michelle Murphy of the Integrated Security Unit says the water projection system will be used to control large crowds if there are riots.

Workers were busy all weekend building the zigzag of steel fencing that will surround the leaders and delegates during this week’s G20 summit and have put the finishing touches on the three-metre-tall fence that surrounds the security zone.

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