Molotov cocktails were thrown and young Swiss protesters stormed shop windows against epidemiological measures.

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Swiss police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets Friday night against a crowd protesting the epidemic restrictions in St. Gallen. THE Tagblett According to him, approximately 1,000 protesters marched through the streets of the northeastern Swiss city of nearly 75,000 inhabitants.

The crowd, which was made up mostly of young people, was not violent at first, with several talking to newspaper staff who simply came out to finally make something happen. During the demonstration, tempers flared after drunken youths began to joke with the police, then threw stones, broke shop windows and also threw Molotov cocktails at the policemen.

The police were informed that after 9 p.m. local time, the officers had to use rubber bullets in self-defense to stop the protesters who threw all kinds of objects at them. Later, tear gas was also used.

Due to the jump in the number of people infected by the coronavirus, the Swiss government decided two weeks ago not to relax the restrictions.

In Switzerland’s 8.6 million, more than six hundred thousand people have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak began, which means that seven thousand people have been infected. To date, more than 9,600 have died from complications from the illness caused by the Covid-19 virus.



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