Police will use an abundance of CCTV and body-worn camera footage to identify those responsible for violent protests that put two officers in hospital.

One woman is expected to be charged over the ugly clashes as police tried to separate the anti-immigration rally from a counter anti-racism protest in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday.

Victoria police officers used flash bangs, pepper spray and rubber bullets to try to control crowds after a protest against what organisers call mass migration brought strong numbers to Melbourne’s CBD.

Supt Wayne Cheeseman said people from the counter protest, dubbed “United Against Racism: Migrants and Refugees Are Welcome”, were “desperately” trying to reach the other demonstration and confront those assembled. At anti-immigration marches, Peter Drew spreads

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