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There are blatant scenes that took place in St. Gallen on Saturday night. Chaotic throws the police with fireworks, stones, construction barriers and even a Molotov cocktail. Police responded with irritant gas and rubber scrap.
St. Gallen Police Received Support
This time the riots were not a surprise. The violence in St. Gallen was requested on various social media platforms. The St. Gallen police prepared accordingly. It received the support of Schaffhausen, Thurgau and Graubünden. A police helicopter was also used.
“At least something is happening again”
According to the police, between 300 and 350, mostly young people, gathered in Red Square. Many just to celebrate again. A 17-year-old told FM1Today: “We are only here to see what is happening, we do not want riots. At least something is happening again.
At around 9 pm there were skirmishes in front of the Red Square in the center of the city, for which the police used rubber pellets. The atmosphere in Red Square was heated, but it remained quiet for the moment.
Chaots throw objects at the police.
The situation escalated around 10:30 pm A few dozen angry people came out, broke down the construction site barriers and threw objects at the police. Why the police used scrap rubber and tear gas.
Street battle at Kornhausplatz
As a result, the riots moved towards the main train station. There was a real street battle in front of Kornhausplatz. Around 50 angry people threw fireworks at the police and everything that was not nailed down. As a result, the police surrounded the angry people in the station square to finally separate them using pellets and irritant gas.
A trail of devastation
The situation only calmed down around midnight. FM1Today reporters saw arrests. Official information on arrests, injuries, or the amount of property damage is not yet available (at 1.30am).
However, compared to the first night of the riot, the chaos does not appear to have damaged any stores. Except in outdoor areas of restaurants. However, they left a trail of devastation.
