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Around 30 arrested at demonstration in Berlin

2020-05-09T14:48:56.250Z


Again there is a demonstration against the corona restrictions - right in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin. Among the participants are conspiracy theorists. The police arrest several people. There are also protests in other cities.


Again there is a demonstration against the corona restrictions - right in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin. Among the participants are conspiracy theorists. The police arrest several people. There are also protests in other cities.

Berlin (dpa) - Because of the non-compliance with rules for corona containment, the police arrested around 30 people during a demonstration in front of the Berlin Reichstag building.

The main issue was to determine the personal details because, despite the police announcement, too many people were in the square in front of the Reichstag or the minimum distance was not observed. According to observations by a dpa photographer, people, including conspiracy theorists, protested at the rally that was announced against restrictions to protect against corona infections.

The police were on site with 100 officers. According to a spokeswoman, a total of 1,000 emergency services are on the move throughout the city. 400 officials checked around the Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz at the Volksbühne. Two demonstrations took place there in the afternoon, and according to the police, there were no incidents.

According to the current ordinance of the Berlin Senate, meetings with up to 50 participants are permitted because of the Corona crisis if they take place in a fixed location.

In Frankfurt am Main, more than 500 people protested against the corona restrictions. They walked through the city center with banners and shouted "muzzle", "join in" and "resistance". According to police, the rally was not registered. At times, more than 500 people took part, the minimum distance of 1.5 meters was sometimes exceeded. According to the police, the police referred to this several times, but did not dissolve the demonstration.

Around 3,000 people demonstrated at Munich's Marienplatz, sometimes in disregard of all distance rules, against what they considered to be strict infection protection regulations in Bavaria and Germany. The demonstration had been registered, but only for 80 participants, said a spokesman for the Munich Police Headquarters.

The demonstrators were concerned with the protection of fundamental rights. According to eyewitnesses, demonstrators in connection with the corona pandemic have accused politicians and medical practitioners of panicking and curtailing the fundamental rights of the population. Opponents of vaccination were also among the demonstrators.

The police have tried to use loudspeaker announcements to press for compliance, the spokesman said. For reasons of proportionality, the law enforcement officers would have let the demonstration go and not dissolved it. All participants had behaved peacefully.

A separate demonstration of right-wing people with about 25 people, which took place at the same time, had been dissolved.

Source: merkur

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