Four of them were taken into custody for investigation.

Protests by Park supporters are becoming increasingly violent.

Since the court's ruling to dismiss Park on Friday, three people have died, reportedly from injuries they sustained during rallies in the capital.

Park's core supporters have argued that the unprecedented verdict, which is unchallengeable, was biased and must be reversed.

"The Constitutional Court is full of evil," Chung Soon-yong, an 80-year-old citizen brandishing a national flag, told Yonhap News Agency. "They are hiding the truth, and the ruling was only based on a small part of the entire picture."

Others called the verdict unconstitutional, citing Article 84 of the basic law that stipulates a sitting president will not be charged in a criminal case except in cases of treason or insurrection.

"The country is facing neither insurrection nor treason," Chang Choon-woo, another Park supporter, told Yonhap.

Anti-Park protesters, however, welcomed the decision, casting it as their hard-earned victory following months of street rallies.

Mindful of deepening national division, Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn has urged the nation to accept the court's decision and work together to end divisions and restore national unity. (Yonhap)