TORONTO - Hundreds of Tamil protesters who blocked a major highway in Toronto for several hours ended their passionate but peaceful occupation early Monday after receiving assurances the Liberals would raise their concerns.
The group, including women with babies in strollers, sat down on the highway linking arms and chanting. As the sun set and a damp chill descended, only two street lamps illuminated the sea of impassioned Tamils on the highway.
On the front lines of the protest young women held hands and looked into the eyes of officers wearing helmets and holding batons.
Hundreds more protesters also blocked a major downtown intersection outside the Ontario legislature, where many people marched to after the crowd on the highway dispersed.
They cleared the intersection around the same time as the other protesters moved off the highway, but the boisterous protest continued around the legislature into the early morning hours.
The dramatic moves by the Tamils followed similar protests in recent weeks in both Ottawa and Toronto.
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