STEPHEN FRAZIER, CNN ANCHOR: In Goeteborg, Sweden, a summit of the European Union is now overshadowed by a runaway protest that turned into bitter fighting and even gunfire. Today, as the summit closed, 10,000 people gathered in the streets for more peaceful demonstrations. ITN's Bill Neely reports on that.</s>BILL NEELY, ITN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The European summit ended, as it had begun, in mass protests. For the third successive day, tens of thousands demonstrated against the European Union and against capitalism. There have been arrests, more than 500 now in three days, but no repeat of the mayhem that marred this summit. The Swedes say their police did not lose control here, but for the first time at a European summit, guns were drawn and shots fired; first in the air, then into the crowd. Moments later, this demonstrator is hit. He's now critically ill in a hospital. In all, 65 people have been treated for injuries, including two other demonstrators who were shot.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The problem is that there are 400 or 500 people to just start fighting. They should have</s>NEELY: Europe's leaders were in somber mood today. They achieved little here, and their work has been overshadowed.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They are not democratically elected, you know. They do not have the right to come and disrupt meetings. They are entitled to protest peacefully, they are not entitled to engage in undemocratic anarchy.</s>NEELY: Europe's leaders had to cancel their dinner, some fled their hotels. They left today amid massive security, after the worst- ever violence at a European summit. (on camera): This summit had ended not just in mass protests, but in political failure. Europe's leaders may want the Union to grow, but the cracks and the strains are showing. They can't afford many more summits like this one. Bill Neely, ITN, Goeteborg.
European Summit Marred by Protesters