Hundreds of demonstrators stage protest amid massive G7 security

Demonstrators protest against the G7 summit in Giardini Naxos near Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

GIARDINI NAXOS, Italy (Reuters) - A group of protesters sought to break through a police cordon at the end of a protest march against world leaders meeting on the island of Sicily on Saturday, scuffling with security forces, who fired tear gas to disperse them.

After hundreds of people had peacefully marched through the streets of the seaside town of Giardini Naxos, down the hill from where a Group of Seven meeting had been held, a smaller group of about 100 people peeled off from the pack and challenged riot police.