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About 1,500 policemen were on duty, more than 50 neighbors were taken from the house: One of the last symbolic projects of the radical leftist scene is to disappear. The bailiff wants to hand over the now empty house to the owner.
Accompanied by strong protests, the police have occupied the house “Liebig 34” with a large contingent in Berlin-Friedrichshain. clear. Using chainsaws and crowbars, emergency services had barricaded the building on Friday morning shortly after 7:00 a.m. Other officers had entered through a first-floor window with power cutters.
More than 50 people who had been in the building since the eviction began early Friday were taken outside, a police spokesman said. This was largely peaceful, and only a few held out.
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Occupied house “Liebig 34” is clear
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According to a spokesman, the emergency services had encountered further obstacles at the house on the corner of Rigaer Strasse itself. The doors and windows were opened with tools. The metal has been bent, the placed beams have been removed. Remnants of the wall and heavy concrete elements were also piled up. The staircase was blocked. According to the police, about 1,500 officers from eight federal states should be on duty. Officials were also posted on the roofs of the houses.
“Liebig 34” is considered one of the last symbolic projects of the radical left scene in the capital. The area around the house was largely cordoned off for evacuation. According to the police, around 1,500 people protested against the action, hundreds of protesters had gathered behind the barriers in front of the house on the corner hours earlier. Chants such as “Houses for those who live in them” or “All Berlin hates the police” were chanted, accompanied by the loud noise of the pots from the surrounding houses.
While the evacuation was largely peaceful, police officers said some of the attacks were massive on adjacent streets. There were fights between emergency services and hooded protesters, and bottles were occasionally blown up.
According to their own statements, the police are providing administrative assistance with the handover of the house by court order. The bailiff wanted to turn over the empty house to the owner. In “Liebig 34,” a ten-year commercial lease for the neighborhood association, which calls itself “anarcha-queer-feminist,” expired two years ago. In a long court battle, the owner removed the residents of the house.
According to the police, car tires and garbage containers had been burned overnight in various places in the city, as well as in a terminal building of the Tiergarten S-Bahn station. It is unclear if there is a connection to the eviction.
