[UPDATE: Letters and cards of support can be sent to: Alfie Meadows, Neurosurgery 11th floor South, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, England.]
Details here, with quotes from Nina Power. Nina's blog is a must-read.
Excerpts:
Alfie Meadows, a philosophy student at Middlesex University, was struck as he tried to leave the area outside Westminster Abbey during last night's tuition fee protests, his mother said. After falling unconscious on the way to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Mr Meadows underwent a three-hour operation for bleeding on the brain.
His mother Susan, 55, an English literature lecturer at Roehampton University, said: "He was hit on the head by a police truncheon. "He said it was the hugest blow he ever felt in his life. The surface wound wasn't very big but, three hours after the blow, he suffered bleeding to the brain. He survived the operation and he's in the recovery room."
Ms Power, 32, a philosophy lecturer, said she was with Mr Meadows just minutes before the incident. She said: "The police had been very violent all day. Whoever was trying to get out, they weren't allowing them. We were standing quite far back. We were nowhere near the front line. We were just talking about getting out. I went one way and Alfie tried another. The police were getting very violent at that point. Where I tried to get out they were charging with horses. We had to run back. Alfie is not a violent person. He wouldn't have done anything silly. He's not the sort of person who would have been carrying weapons. He's very political, engaged and passionate, but he's not a violent person at all."
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