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“Hunting scenes” between masked people and investigators in Leipzig-Connewitz
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Participants in a demonstration shoot red pyrotechnic torches through the Connewitz district
Source: dpa / Hendrik Schmidt
After two nights in a row of riots, the Leipzig police went to another night of demonstration with a large contingent. About 500 people had gathered. After a few minutes, the atmosphere in the trendy Connewitz neighborhood was aggressive.
meIn Leipzig-Connewitz, the police broke up a demonstration on the scene of the radical left. A few minutes after the start of the meeting “Combining struggles – For a neighborhood of solidarity”, despite the ban, pyrotechnics were lit and they were thrown onto the balconies of the new buildings. reports the MDR. The situation is confusing. According to the police, he flew Stones and fireworks also apply to police forces..
After just a few hundred meters, the demonstration spun out of control, the dpa news agency reports. Therefore, there were “hunting scenes” between masked people and investigators. Therefore, several people were arrested. Tram traffic stopped in the southern part of the city. According to initial estimates by the police, around 500 people had gathered for the recorded demonstration.
According to the police, an investigation process was launched against 15 participants in the night rallies for disturbing public order, material damage and resistance to law enforcement officers. During the operation, the pilot of a police helicopter was blinded with a laser, for which the dangerous interference in air traffic was also investigated.
Police helicopter on duty until the morning
Shortly before midnight, according to police, there were two spontaneous rallies against the detention of protesters, each with around 30 participants. It was reported from Leipzig-Lindenau that a patrol car was burning in the fenced area of the police administration office.
Around 1.30 am, several people stopped a tram and sprayed it with graffiti. They built barricades and set fire to garbage cans and a shopping cart. The roughly 150 people involved withdrew to adjacent side streets after emergency services arrived, police said.
The police helicopter was in the air until the early hours of the morning to provide live images of the construction of barricades at various locations in Connewitz, as well as fires and road traffic disruptions.
After two nights in a row of riots, the Leipzig police went to the night of the demonstration with large numbers. Police Chairman Torsten Schultze said there were several events in the city on Saturday. This also included two meetings in the Connewitz district.
After the riots on Thursday and Friday night in eastern Leipzig and in Connewitz, the operations management views the situation with some concern. Several hundred riot police are said to be deployed. Support comes from the federal police and emergency services in Thuringia.
Police Chief Frank Gurke previously said that the police wanted to act in a communicative and relaxed manner. After squatting, there were unannounced demonstrations in Leipzig on Thursday and Friday. From these sometimes aggressive elevators, masked people attacked the police with stones, bottles and firecrackers. A total of nine officers were slightly injured, Schultze said. But they are still in a position to do their duty.
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