Hundreds mourn man's death during G20 protest

LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through London on Saturday to mourn a British man who died during protests against the G20 financial summit last week.

Newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, 47, was on his way home from work when he was caught up in a confrontation between police and anti-capitalist protesters near the Bank of England on April 1, a day before the London summit on the global financial crisis.

A post mortem found that he died of a heart attack.

A police watchdog, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), said this week it was taking over the inquiry into Tomlinson's death after video footage emerged showing a policeman push him to the ground shortly before he collapsed.

Black-clad marchers, some carrying placards reading "Who killed Ian Tomlinson?" marched through the capital before laying flowers and lighting candles at the spot where Tomlinson died.

"We are hopeful that the IPCC will fulfil their duty to carry out a full investigation into his death and that action will be taken against any police officer who contributed to Ian's death through misconduct," Tomlinson's stepson Paul King told the marchers.

"We may have a long and difficult process ahead of us in getting justice," he said.

(Reporting by Adrian Croft; editing by Andrew Roche)