May 1: ZDF camera crew attacked in Berlin – police dissolve assembly at Reeperbahn

ANDin the camera crew of the ZDF satellite broadcast “Today Show” is May holiday in Berlin-Mitte been attacked According to police, Sara Dieng said four people had been injured in the hospital after the initial findings. Six people were arrested, the background investigation continued on Saturday night. As the “Today Show” wrote on Twitter, cabaret artist and comedian Abdelkarim accompanied the team as a reporter. He was not injured. “We are very affected and wish our colleagues a speedy recovery.”

The ZDF explained: “The team, which was on behalf of the ZDF, was heading to their vehicles after filming. The attack happened. No further details are known yet. “

The president of the German Association of Journalists, Frank Überall, said: “It was a cowardly and unjustifiable attack on the journalists who reported. I hope that the attack is fully clarified and that those responsible are legally responsible. ” It is an attack on press freedom.

Similarly, the director of the ZDF program, Norbert Himmler, had previously condemned the attack. “Freedom of the press is, especially these days, a great asset. However, our concern now is first and foremost for the team members and their health. “

After dark it’s inside Berlin-Kreuzberg There have been disputes between protesters and police. Occasionally bottles were blown up, emergency workers in helmets pulled people out of the crowd. According to observers, there was resistance to the arrests, with groups repeatedly forming around the police near Oranienstrasse. Despite crown restrictions, hundreds of people had passed through the neighborhood on the night of May 1. Fireworks were lit, chants were sung against the police.

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Large crowds of people are banned in the Corona crisis. Attending unauthorized demonstrations is currently a criminal offense. According to observers, so far it has only been possible to resolve this quickly and consistently, as previously announced by Interior Senator Andreas Geisel (SPD). For the most part, the commandment to keep people separate was also not observed.

Initially, the police blocked Oranienstrasse and the surrounding streets. The large amount had been shared with police chains and emergency vehicles. However, there were spontaneous demonstrations outside the closures.

Leftist and autonomous groups had announced that they would occupy Oranienstrasse. Spontaneous demonstrations were called on the Internet.

Police were at Reeperbahn on Friday night. in hamburg an unauthorized assembly dissolved. Several hundred people from the left spectrum, apparently, had previously appeared on entertainment street despite the crown-related assembly ban and chanted anti-fascist slogans.

The police asked the participants to leave the Reeperbahn and threatened the use of water cannons “as the first means” to guarantee a minimum distance between the emergency services and the participants.

The crowd was slow to respond. Occasionally fireworks were ignited. The police were deployed with massive forces. At least half a dozen water cannons were ready.

Left-wing extremists had originally called for a “revolutionary demonstration of May 1” on Friday night. However, the elevator that was supposed to lead from Reeperbahn to the Schanzenviertel was prohibited.

In Leipzig several hundred people have demonstrated. According to initial police estimates, more than 200 people participated in the protest in the Connewitz alternative district.

The initiative # Not on our back He had asked for it under the motto “combative for May Day”. The protesters were “masked” with face masks. The regulatory office had spontaneously accepted this, as a police spokeswoman said.

Initially, only two manifestations of hospitalized patients with a maximum of 25 participants were approved due to the Corona crisis. According to police, the elevator was initially peaceful.

In Brunswick According to the organizer, around 100 people protested against an event organized by the “Dierechte” micro-party on May 1. “Whenever and wherever the Nazis and other rights want to appear publicly in Braunschweig, we will be present and we will ensure that the brown ghost disappears,” said Brauschweiger “Alliance against the Right” spokesman Sebastian Wertmüller. Despite its small size, “The Right” represents a danger because of its “violent potential and as an anchor point for so-called free camaraderie and other right-wing activists.” Furthermore, Wertmüller accused the city of Braunschweig of “being very secretive about the ban on right-wing events.” .

According to “Bündnis gegen Rechts”, the city of Braunschweig had approved 50 protesters based on the applicable crown protection rules, and around 50 “supporters” had been on the site outside the official event.

The event originally planned for the “The Rights” party had already been banned by the city administration on Friday night to ensure protection against infection and to avoid clashes with participants in the demonstration. According to the information, the “The Rights” demonstration was expected to have a much larger number of participants than the 50 people allowed, as it had previously been announced on social media.

Street fights on May 1

On the eve of the holidays, Berlin remained largely calm. Around 500 police officers were deployed at night and 250 during the day, as can be seen from Friday’s balance sheet. Police filed a total of eight criminal charges Thursday and the night of May 1 for violations of Corona regulations. Before that, around 500 people had been searched overnight, 27 of whom received complaints about administrative crimes.

Furthermore, forces in the Friedrichshain district on Rigaer Strasse / Liebigstrasse corner dissolved an unauthorized group from the left autonomous spectrum. Fireworks had been lit on two balconies on Liebigstrasse 34. The policemen were also thrown with colored bags. No one was injured in the paint bag attacks, and an emergency vehicle was damaged. Police state security at the State Criminal Police Office.

In the 1980s and 1990s, thousands of people on the left scene fought street battles with the police on May 1 in Kreuzberg. In subsequent years, there were protests for hours, followed by a brief run against state power. Finally, the street parties stopped the violence.