Sunday, 18 February 2007, 02:19 GMT
Five held after anti-hunt protest
Five people were arrested at a hunt meeting in Suffolk after clashes involving anti-hunt protesters.
Police said there were scuffles involving stewards from the Essex and Suffolk Hunt and protesters at Whatfield, near Sudbury, Suffolk.
The Hunt Saboteurs Association said police arrested three hunt stewards, a terrier boy and a hunt monitor on suspicion of public order offences.
No-one from the Essex and Suffolk Hunt was immediately available for comment.
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