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The property damage occurred in the riots on Friday in St. Gallen. Bicycles were thrown into the street and objects caught fire. The stone throwing would also have left footprints.
Two injured teenagers
Two young men were injured in clashes with the police. The mood was very aggressive, Mennel said. The young people who were willing to use violence were a small group that separated themselves from the crowd of 300 to 350 young people.
The young people first met in Red Square, a traditionally popular meeting point for going out. The situation then escalated around 9 pm The youths attacked the police on the outskirts of the old town. He responded with a rubber shot.
On Saturday night, police arrested a 25-year-old man. 19 people were temporarily transferred to the post. 33 people were expelled from the city, the city police announced.
So far, the police have received reports of property damage in seven cases. In the riots in which objects were set on fire, there were at least 50,000 francs in property damage.
Molotov cocktails thrown
After this mission, the situation temporarily calmed down. But the mood remained heated. After the police broke up the crowd, riots broke out again.
According to Mennel, several Molotov cocktails were thrown at the police officers on Kornhausstrasse, near the train station. The emergency services used pepper spray and irritant gas.
The police were on the scene with a large contingent. A dozen team buses were waiting at Klosterplatz and Gallusplatz. A police helicopter flew over the city for several hours. A week ago, after an illegal party, there was a riot and property damage in St. Gallen.
St. Gallen Police Chief Condemns Violence
St. Gallen Police Chief Sonja Lüthi (GLP) defended the police operation as “appropriate” after the night of the riots and condemned the acts of chaos violence “in the strongest possible way”. They are intolerable, the councilman told the media on Saturday.
Some of the violence was perpetrated under the “protective mantle of Corona,” Lüthi said. He also called for non-violence in any meeting or demonstration.
City authorities had previously stated that Corona’s measures were drastic for young people. However, this in no way justified the violence against emergency services and property damage. It is important to stay calm and persevere through the pandemic.
Lüthi defended the police operation, in which the officers also used pellets and irritant gas. The effort was proportionate. The police were well prepared before the calls for violence. He put “prevention and dialogue” and only intervened when the mood had changed and people’s safety was in danger.
During the operation, the city police were supported by officers from the cantonal police and other emergency services from the police concordat in eastern Switzerland, as well as from the SBB transport police.
