Violent student protestors will be punished, vows Cameron

Dec 10, 2010, 14:45 GMT

London - Violent demonstrators who smashed property and attacked the limousine of Prince Charles during student protests in London will be made to feel 'the full force of the law,' Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday.

Cameron said he was 'very concerned' about the lapse in royal security which led to the Prince of Wales, and his wife, Camilla, being 'nearly attacked by a mob.'

However, the responsibility for the violence and destruction wreaked by a minority of protestors in central London late Thursday lay solely with the people who perpetrated the violence, said Cameron.

Prince Charles and his wife escaped unharmed from the incident near Oxford Circus, when their chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce came under attack from a handful of violent protestors.

The incident followed a day of angry student demonstrations against a government decision to raise university tuition fees from the current annual level of 3,290 pounds (5,200 dollars) to a maximum 9,000 pounds from 2012.

Police said 34 demonstrators were arrested, and 43 protestors and 12 police officers were injured in the clashes, some seriously.

One police officer suffered a serious neck injury when he was pushed to the ground and a 20-year-old student underwent an operation for bleeding on the brain after being hit by a police truncheon.

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