July 25 Photo Brief: Protesters clash with police in Anaheim, Bollywood’s first superstar, Urban beekeepers

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Protesters clash with police in Anaheim over the fatal shooting of Manuel Angel Diaz, Bollywood’s “first superstar” passes away, urban beekeepers in Austria, and more in today’s daily brief.

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Protest over California shooting turns violent, 24 arrested
Reuters
11:29 a.m. EDT, July 25, 2012

ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) – Police in the southern Californian city of Anaheim made 24 arrests overnight when violence broke out at a protest by more than 600 people over the police shooting of an apparently unarmed man.

A half-dozen storefronts were smashed in a working-class neighborhood surrounding City Hall in what was the second major clash between police and demonstrators since an officer shot dead a suspected gang member in Anaheim on Saturday afternoon.

Dozens of officers wielding night sticks faced off against the demonstrators, who at one point threw water bottles and rocks towards the police line.

Some protesters threw patio chairs through the windows of a Starbucks, according to a Reuters witness. At least five other businesses had windows smashed.

Twenty adults and four juveniles were arrested on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Anaheim Police Sergeant Mike Bustamante said.

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