Anti-capitalist protesters outwitted British police on Saturday and succeeded in setting up a second protest camp in the heart of London's financial district.
A column of 700-1000 protesters set off from the first tented protest camp, set up a week ago in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral, at 4.10 p.m.on what one organizer described as "a tour of corporate greed".

The column was led by a band of drummers, about 10 strong and mostly women, and passed through several streets in the City of London, temporarily halting traffic. Protesters chanted "Whose streets? Our streets!", and "We are the 99 percent."

Dozens of police and 10 riot vans kept track of the column as it went past targets of previous anti-corporate protests such as the retail chain Topshop, which drew boos from the protesters, and the Bank of England.

However the protest was peaceful and good-natured with protesters and police swapping pleasantries.

The column headed north up Moorgate before police realized they had been outwitted by protesters, about two dozen of whom had gone ahead by different routes and pitched tents in Finsbury Square.

The marching column joined the protesters in the square at 5.10 p.m., despite a failed attempt by police to block the entrance to the square because they did not have enough officers.

Within five minutes, organizers declared "this is an occupation of the square", and opened a 'general assembly'.

Xinhua