A resident aims his slingshot at riot police during a violent demolition. Several residents and police were injured as residents resist the dismantling of their houses.
A tear gas lands near the residents during clashes with riot police in Sucat Paranaque,\Philippines on Monday April 23, 2012. Philippine riot police have clashed along a major road in metropolitan Manila with squatters resisting demolition.
The clash took place in Silverio Compound where a talipapa (wet market) was being demolished. About 1,000 people living near the market thought that their houses would also be torn down and blocked the path of the police who were accompanying the demolition crew. A riot police officer points towards residents during clashes.Authorities arrest a resident who allegedly joined clashes in Sucat, Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines on Monday, April 23, 2012.