Calcutta police deputy commissioner Kundanlal Tamta told AFP that around 200 students holding anti-war placards and shouting anti-US slogans had stormed into the Nike showroom protesting the US-led attacks against Iraq.

"We are feeling insecure. We are not sure whether we will be able to reopen the shop under the circumstances," Kamal Jain, a spokesman of Nike shop, said.

Police were yet to make any arrests.

Hundreds of children also rallied here calling for a boycott of products made by US and UK firms.

"We will move from house-to-house in the city to urge people across the state to boycott the products which are brought to our country from the US and the UK," sad Asgar Ali, a 15-year-old protester.

"The protest is to hit their economy. If they become economically weak, they will withdraw from the war on Iraq," he said.

The march was organised by a city-based children's magazine, Mathir Kella.

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