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Right-wing extremists in Germany tried to break into the German parliament building on Saturday after protesting against restrictive measures to curb Covid-19. While trying to break into the Reichstag building, they were intercepted by police and forcibly removed, The Guardian reports.
The incident took place after a full day of demonstrations attended by tens of thousands of people who are opposed to wearing a sanitary mask to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but also other measures taken by the Berlin government to limit the spread. Police in riot gear stormed a demonstration on Friday, pulling out hundreds of protesters by truck as the protesters refused to abide by the rules. However, the planned rally was held near the Brandenburg Gate.
Images from the time of the incident show hundreds of people, some of them waving flags of the German Empire (1871-1918) and Prussia, one of the main German kingdoms that modern Germany founded in 1871 after a war with France; dissolved as a state. component of Germany after World War II as part of efforts to appease German militarism), running towards the Reichstag building and trying to climb the stairs.
Berlin police confirmed on Twitter that several people managed to cross the cordon in front of the parliament and reached the stairs of the Reichstag building, but not the building. Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Friday, taking hundreds of protesters away by truck.
The protests came despite the regional government of the German capital trying to stop them, warning that they would be used as a platform to promote the idea that the rules of distance and the use of masks should not be followed.
However, the organizers of the protests managed to overturn this decision in court on Friday, but the court informed them that they have an obligation to guarantee physical distance. When this was no longer observed, the Berlin police made the decision to stop the march.
During the march, which according to German authorities drew some 38,000 people, participants expressed their opinions on several things: anti-vaccine, opponents wearing masks and even members of the conspiratorial group QAnon participated in the protest. Others displayed posters, neo-Nazi symbols and nationalist slogans, but most of the participants denied being far-right.
Editor: Adrian Dumitru
