Anti-G7 protest turns violent as demonstrators torch Tesla and smash UN office windows

Protesters connected Sunday acceptable a Tesla conveyance connected occurrence and smashed windows astatine a United Nations bureau successful Geneva arsenic they marched against a Group of Seven acme acceptable to footwear disconnected crossed the borderline successful France, prompting constabulary to occurrence teardrop gas.

Around 20,000 radical gathered for a march that was initially peaceful earlier immoderate protesters aboriginal damaged what they described arsenic symbols of capitalism and multilateralism, including the parked Tesla and the UN agency.

Demonstrators grabbed bricks from the crushed to propulsion astatine police, arsenic teardrop state was deployed successful Geneva's streets, witnesses told Reuters.

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A Tesla car burns during a protestation against the upcoming G7 acme successful Évian-les-Bains, successful France, successful Geneva, Switzerland, June 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

There person been erstwhile protests astatine G7 gatherings implicit the years, with galore demonstrators utilizing the summits to talk retired against capitalism, globalization, clime alteration and inequality.

Demonstrators successful the latest protestation said they were marching against the G7 arsenic a awesome of concentrated governmental and economical power.

This comes aft Tesla proprietor Elon Musk became the world's archetypal trillionaire past week.

"To me, it's a gathering of the affluent that shows erstwhile again however the affluent tin go adjacent richer portion the mediocre are near behind," protestor Pippa Saugy told Reuters.

People clasp a protestation against the upcoming G7 acme successful Évian-les-Bains successful France, successful Geneva, Switzerland, June 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

The G7 summit, scheduled to instrumentality spot from Monday to Wednesday successful Évian-les-Bains, connected the enactment of Lake Geneva, volition diagnostic the leaders of France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.S., arsenic good arsenic the ‌European Union.

The conflicts successful the Middle East and Ukraine are expected to predominate the agenda. Leaders volition apt effort to debar a clash with U.S. President Donald Trump aft helium announced a tentative statement aimed astatine ending the U.S. and Israeli warfare against Iran.

Businesses successful Geneva were boarded up and hundreds of riot constabulary were deployed successful the streets implicit concerns astir violence.

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People be a protestation against the upcoming G7 acme successful Évian-les-Bains successful France, successful Geneva, Switzerland, June 14, 2026. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)

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"This is an effort to frighten demonstrators, to frighten radical and discourage them from coming retired to protest," protester Mattia Piccard told Reuters.

Another demonstrator said she wanted to rise the contented of sex inequality during the march against the G7.

"The values represented by the G7 are wholly misogynistic, and they lend to inequality," Clélia Colin told the outlet.

Reuters contributed to this report.