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Water cannons, tear gas, large-scale barriers in the Berlin government district. A state of emergency like last Wednesday has probably not existed in the Bundestag for decades. A police report now shows that the protests were also extremely aggressive and violent.
There were 77 police officers injured and 365 arrests, according to the police preliminary list for the protests in Berlin-Mitte. “The potential and brutality of the violence on Wednesday was immense. Some voices have told me that we have not seen anything like this in Berlin for decades, “Police Chief Barbara Slowik told” Tagesspiegel “.
Since the protesters violated hygiene requirements in the face of the corona pandemic, the police ordered the dissolution of the meeting. Finally, water cannons were used several times because, according to the police, the participants did not want to leave.
Rescue workers attacked by individual groups
Individual groups massively attacked the emergency services, as announced by the police. The protesters tried to remove the helmets from the policemen. Some emergency responders had their visors broken and irritant gas was sprayed on their faces. Bottles, stones and fireworks were sent to the emergency services.
In addition, around 40 hooligans tried to break barriers to reach the Reichstag building. Here the emergency services would have used irritant gas. The policemen were also thrown with chairs and tables in front of the bars. The police launched 257 criminal investigations, some of them for serious disturbances of public order and attempted release of prisoners.
In the plenary session of the Bundestag, this Wednesday the state measures to protect the population in the corona pandemic were discussed. Therefore, the police had largely cordoned off the area. Rallies in front of the Bundestag were prohibited.
