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During Saturday’s protests, including a large rally against restrictions on a coronavirus called “End of the Pandemic – Freedom Day,” 133 people were arrested, police said in a statement.
People were detained for crimes such as resisting police officers, disturbing public order, and using unconstitutional symbols.
Three police officers are being treated at the hospital, police said.
Around 20,000 people participated in the Freedom Day demonstration. people, but most of them did not wear protective masks and did not meet the social distance requirement.
Crowds of far-left and right-wing conspiracy theorists, chanting “We are the second wave” and marching towards the Brandenburg Gate, demanded “resistance” and called the pandemic “the biggest conspiracy theory”.
In the afternoon, the police began chasing the crowd, but hundreds of protesters remained at the Brandenburg Gate until late at night.
The police took legal action against the organizers of the demonstration because they did not follow the hygiene rules for the virus.
During a separate anti-fascist demonstration in the southern district of Berlin, protesters threw stones at police officers, fired fireworks, and damaged two police vehicles and a local party office.
As the crowd walked, several officers were injured, three of whom were treated at the hospital because their faces were wounded by broken glass.
The people were also detained during minor informal protests.
A total of 1,100 officials were used to maintain order in the Berlin protests on Saturday.
According to a reporter for the AFP news agency, several hundred protesters gathered in the west west of the Brandenburg Gate on Sunday, most of them wearing masks and following the rules of social distance.
Despite the relatively small number of victims of the virus in Germany, authorities are concerned about the increase in infections in recent weeks and politicians have criticized Saturday’s social media demonstration as irresponsible.
“Yes, during the coronavirus, demonstrations should be possible, but not so. Distance, hygiene standards and masks are meant to protect us all, we have to respect each other,” said German Health Minister Jens Spahn.
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