I guess that's how the death penalty works in Europe:
Voice your political opinion, and it's ok for authorities to shoot you.
Whereas here, execution after due process of trials and appeals is barbaric.
GENOA, Italy (CNN) A demonstrator has been killed amid clashes in the Italian city of Genoa where the leaders of the world's major industrialised countries are meeting for an annual summit.
About 80 people, including many from the security services, have been wounded and more than 50 people arrested. A police officer is critically injured although no details are yet known.
CNN's Alessio Vinci said the dead man was in his 20s but no more details had yet been released.
There are conflicting reports about the cause of the man's death. Vinci said some eyewitnesses had said the demonstrator was killed by a gunshot -- but he stressed these reports had not been confirmed.
According to other reports the protester may have been hit by a brick, or even a teargas cannister.
An Italian National Police spokesman said: "The demonstrator has an injury on his head. It is not clear if he was shot or was struck by a rock or brick."
Vinci said the "extremely violent and intense" clashes were continuing in a stadium nearby, with helicopters flying overhead and reinforcements being sent.
He added that the violence was caused by a limited faction of anarchists, who came to the Meditteranean city not to protest over the G8 summit, but solely to fight the police.
CNN correspondent Kelly Wallace said there had been no reaction from the world leaders, although U.S. President George W. Bush had been informed of the incident.
The clashes between police and protesters in the Mediterranean port town overshadowed news from the G8 summit itself, where leaders on Friday announced the creation of a $1 billion global AIDS fund.
Italian police used tear gas and water cannons to try to stop the militants breaking through a ring of steel erected around the talks' central venue.
Earlier on Friday, police detained more than 30 activists near the "red zone" as windows were smashed and black smoke rose from burning vehicles and rubbish bins.
About 200 protesters threw a petrol bomb into a local prison after breaking its windows before they were chased off by security guards.
At one stage water cannons were used about 300 metres from the Renaissance palace where the leaders of the main industrialised nations, including Bush, were lunching.
A Reuters reporter said a policeman fired shots into the air from his pistol in an effort to force back the crowds in a separate incident in another part of the town.