Dale Farm eviction in photos
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Violent clashes are continuing for a second day running at Dale Farm in Essex, where police are attempting to disband Britain's biggest illegal travellers' camp. Bailiffs and officers dressed in full riot gear stormed the site in a 7am raid yesterday (19 October), coming face to face with residents and protesters. Demonstrators threw rocks and cups of urine at officers, who in turn came under fire for heavy-handed tactics, including the use of taser guns. To date, 34 people have been arrested as the forced eviction continues. A caravan has also been set alight. See all the latest photos from the eviction in our gallery, below.
Picture credit: Rex Features
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Residents and protesters at Dale Farm climb onto the roof of a burning caravan.
Dale Farm eviction in photos
A caravan inside the site is engulfed in flames.
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Security grapple with a protester holding a placard
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Armoured riot police prepare to enter the site
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Police attempt to remove a protester on scaffolding at the entrance to the site
Dale Farm eviction in photos
A demonstrator in a wheelchair is removed from the camp's front gate
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Officers with shields and helmets await instruction outside Dale Farm
Dale Farm eviction in photos
A resident walks past a burning caravan
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Cambridge graduate Jake Fulton being arrested by police after being removed from the site
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Protestor Minty Challis holds a cross in front a caravan she has just set alight
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Police and bailiffs use a cherry picker to remove protesters from the main gate scaffolding
Dale Farm eviction in photos
An activist throws a tyre onto a blazing caravan
Dale Farm eviction in photos
A protester is arrested at Dale Farm
Dale Farm eviction in photos
Another demonstrator is arrested and removed at the Dale Farm site
Dale Farm eviction in photos
A protester demonstrates with his arm cemented into a barrel
Dale Farm eviction in photos
An aerial shot of the Dale Fam site, as police forces confront protesters and prepare to evict residents
Dale Farm eviction in photos
A demonstrator ties himself to scaffolding at the entrance to the camp
Dale Farm eviction in photos
An aerial view as chaos spreads amid eviction efforts
Dale Farm eviction in photos
The word "home" is painted on tyres in front of a burning caravan
Dale Farm eviction in photos
An aerial view of police vans outside Dale Farm
Around 150 officers dressed in full riot gear entered the site from a back entrance at 7am yesterday morning (19 October)