by SARAH OLIN

A protest in Georgetown got out of hand Friday night when objects thrown at store windows hit a passerby.

Observer photo by Sarah Olin
People were protesting against the IMF and World Bank in Georgetown.

Hundreds of students dressed in black and wearing masks and bandannas marched down Wisconsin Avenue as part of the annual “October Rebellion” protesting the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank when a flying brick aimed at a store window hit an American Univeristy sophomore on the head around 10 p.m.

The student was not part of the protest.

Observer photo by Sarah Olin
An American University student was injured by a thrown brick.

“We were standing on the sidewalk and I heard a loud crack. The brick forced her back against the store window. When I turned around I saw her sink to the ground. She was covered in blood,” said Emilia Giordano who witnessed the incident.

The victim was holding her head and “[blood] was pouring out through her fingertips,” Giordano said.

The student was taken to George Washington University Hospital where she was treated for a concussion, among other injuries, and kept overnight. Shortly after the incident, police ordered protestors to disperse—but not before a minor scuffle between two demonstrators and a police officer took place.

The protest is typically held near government buildings, but demonstrators chose to target Georgetown this year as a center of commercial activity.

Many of Georgetown’s businesses boarded up their windows in preparation for the expected 200 to 300 protestors, but two uncovered windows were smashed.