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Buckingham Palace hit by fireworks during Anonymous protest [VIDEO]

Grae Stafford Freelance Photographer
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Fireworks launched by the hackivist group Anonymous struck Buckingham Palace, official residence of the Her Majesty the Queen, on Tuesday night.

In scenes reminiscent of the 2005 movie “V for Vendetta” protestors wearing Guy Fawkes masks gathered outside of the palace and the U.K. Houses of Parliament to protest as part of the Million Mask March. Anonymous planned to hold global protests on the 5th of November to commemorate the day that Guy Fawkes — a would-be assassin who wanted to re-establish a Catholic monarchy in England — attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605.

“Remember who your enemies are: Billionaires who own banks and corporations who corrupt politicians who enslave the people in injustice,” Anonymous wrote in a statement published on its Facebook page.

Protests occured in Spain, Australia, Japan and Washington, D.C. While the protests in Washington, D.C. were relatively peaceful, protestors in London started a fire close to the main palace gate, and damaged several other London landmarks. Eleven people were arrested after throwing glass bottles at riot police according to London’s police department, Scotland Yard.

Comedian Russell Brand also attended the London protest, sporting a Guy Fawkes mask.

Comedian Russell Brand at the Anonymous march. Photograph: Ik Aldama/Aldama/Demotix/Corbis

Comedian Russell Brand at the Anonymous march. Photograph: Ik Aldama/Aldama/Demotix/Corbis

Protestors shrugged off the the damage done to Her Majesty’s palace.

“We turned up and the protest was at Buckingham Palace,” self-employed computer programmer Sean Roesner, 21, told The Guardian. “When we arrived, people were firing fireworks at the palace. It was funny. I didn’t have any, but I would have fired some if I had.”

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