May Day scuffles erupt in Germany
- 12 years ago
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May Day demonstrations in Berlin and Hamburg turn violent, a course of events that was not unexpected.
After relatively peaceful official demonstrations, police and protesters clashed later in both cities.
There were scuffles prior to to the start of the official demonstration in Berlin. Demonstrators protesting under the motto; "The pressure rises", attacked the police with bottles and stones.
According to the police, about 10.000 people joined the demonstration in Berlin which they countered with 7, 000 police.
Over and over, the so-called 'Black Block', the alternative radicals, pushed and shoved the police at the very front of the demonstration.
When stones and bottle flew again near the Jewish museum in Berlin, the police called for an early end to the demonstration.
At the same time there were similar scenes in Hamburg, where police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators.
Police called off the official demonstration after protesters threw bottles and stones at them. Two officers were injured.
Later demonstrators gathered outside the alternative cultural centre, 'Rote Flora', where police used water cannon to disperse them.
May Day demonstrations in Berlin and Hamburg turn violent, a course of events that was not unexpected.
After relatively peaceful official demonstrations, police and protesters clashed later in both cities.
There were scuffles prior to to the start of the official demonstration in Berlin. Demonstrators protesting under the motto; "The pressure rises", attacked the police with bottles and stones.
According to the police, about 10.000 people joined the demonstration in Berlin which they countered with 7, 000 police.
Over and over, the so-called 'Black Block', the alternative radicals, pushed and shoved the police at the very front of the demonstration.
When stones and bottle flew again near the Jewish museum in Berlin, the police called for an early end to the demonstration.
At the same time there were similar scenes in Hamburg, where police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators.
Police called off the official demonstration after protesters threw bottles and stones at them. Two officers were injured.
Later demonstrators gathered outside the alternative cultural centre, 'Rote Flora', where police used water cannon to disperse them.