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After the “Liebig 34” house in Berlin-Friedrichshain was cleared, more than 1000 people gathered in Berlin-Mitte for a protest march on Friday night. The mood quickly turned aggressive and the situation worsened.
According to the police, originally 500 participants were registered for the so-called “TagX demo” at 9pm, the observers later spoke of more than 1000.
The police are on duty around the starting point of the demonstration at Monbijoupark in Mitte and along the planned route with around 1900 officers. The route runs from Oranienburger Strasse directly into the park through Mitte to Prenzlauer Berg and Eberswalder Strasse.
In a speech at the beginning of the rally in the rain, the evacuation of the house “Liebig 34” was strongly criticized. He was considered a symbol of the radical left scene. “For every vacant house there is a new occupation,” announced a protester in his speech.
After the train began to move, the mood quickly turned aggressive: protesters repeatedly threw fireworks, bottles and stones at emergency services, as police wrote on Twitter.
The march stopped again and again. There was a fight between police and protesters. The police threatened to end the demonstration prematurely if the violence continued.
Stones were thrown at a shop window near Hackescher Markt and a tram stop was also destroyed. The march stopped again and again.
On the way further through Mitte, more and more shop windows were smashed. Car windows also broke. It is also said that there were fights between police officers and protesters.
Three cars are said to have caught fire in Münzstrasse. Around 10:40 pm the police announced that they were seeking to break up the demonstration due to the crimes committed.
As the protesters rioted, the police blocked the entrances and there were also arrests, normal life continued on Friday night in Berlin-Mitte and people sat in restaurants, for example.
At approximately 0.45 am, the meeting leader officially declared that the demonstration was over. The police want to be in action with “many forces” until the rest of the night, as announced via Twitter.
Already in the nights before the eviction rampage
Officials had prepared for a larger operation: there had been outbreaks of violence in the nights before the eviction.
In the early hours of Monday morning, suspected extremists had carried out an arson attack on S-Bahn cable connections near the Frankfurter Allee station in Friedrichshain. A letter of confession targeted the perpetrators of the left-wing extremist milieu. The authors wrote that the attack was aimed at the evacuation of Liebigstrasse 34.
Police counted 57 people at the “Liebig34” house on Friday morning. The officers obtained the identification and released her. He will be investigated on suspicion of trespassing.
