Five arrests over London student tuition fees protests

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Demonstrators attack a police van during a protest over university fees, on Whitehall in central London
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Three teenagers were arrested after a police van was covered in graffiti on 24 November

Four teenagers and a 22-year-old student have been arrested over disorder that broke out during two London tuition fees protests.

A 16-year-old boy and the 22-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder on 10 November.

Three teenagers were arrested over criminal damage after a police van was covered in graffiti on 24 November.

Officers have arrested more than 200 people in connection with the protests over a proposed hike in fees.

The 16-year-old boy, from Hornsey, north London, and the woman, from Chiswick, west London, have been bailed to return in May pending further inquiries.

The three other teenagers, a 17-year-old boy, from Upper Holloway, north London, a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl, both from Hanwell, west London, and another male, who was arrested on Tuesday for violent disorder, have also been bailed to return in May pending further inquiries.

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