Summiteering in Fortress Toronto - Sunday

To the very last minute, protesters tried to breach the tightly-secured perimeter of the G-20 Summit of rich and industrializing nations as it wound up on Sunday, June 27, 2010, in downtown Toronto.

Police in their now-familiar armour, and protesters faced off each other in the city's financial district, a stone's throw away from the summit site at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

News reports have variously placed the number of arrests from Saturday's violent demonstration between 412 to more than 500. The arrests were effected late Saturday night and early Sunday morning in surprise raids by the police.

Police authorities blamed the destruction on anarchists who set fire on three police cars and smashed windows of several downtown establishments.

As of late Sunday, police were slowly releasing some of those held overnight in a temporary jail.

A sense of normalcy returned to the city as trains and buses resumed their operations. Motorists were allowed back in certain roads. (All photos by Romy Marquez) C2010