DHAKA: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ returned to the streets of New York on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the birth of the social protest movement.

Some 250 people gathered at midday in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan’s downtown financial district, where the movement first gained ground.

As police kept a close eye, the activists then peacefully marched up Broadway to Washington Square.

At least three people were arrested for blocking traffic.

The demonstrators carried signs with a multitude of messages. One read ‘Too much deregulation’.

‘Disarm the Pentagon,’ read another, The Straits Times publishes this news on Wednesday.

BDST: 1326 HRS, SEPT 18, 2013
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