MOSCOW: Several hundred young activists on Wednesday hurled stones and eggs at Turkey’s embassy in Moscow and brandished anti-Turkish placards after Ankara downed a Russian warplane on the Syrian border.

The activists threw eggs, paint and paper planes at the diplomatic mission and broke several windows as Moscow police urged them to stop the protest but did not intervene, a photographer reported from the scene. Some chanted “We will not forget, we will not forgive” and also yelled slurs directed at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Some of the activists’ placards read: “Turkey you will remain without gas” and “Shame to accomplices of terrorists”, a reference to a statement by President Vladimir Putin, who accused the Turkish government of backing the militant Islamic State group (IS) militarily and financially.

After the rowdy protest, demonstrators left behind heaps of rubbish and broken glass.

Published in Dawn, November 26th, 2015