After a gathering of masked people in front of the private house of the NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU), the state security has taken over the investigation. A police spokesman said Monday morning that it was about violations of the Assembly Act and the Explosives Act. The background to the “spontaneous assembly” on Sunday in Leichlingen was still unclear, the action may have been “in connection with the new assembly law,” the police said.
Leichlingen - At least 15 people took part, they marched through the streets of the 28,000-inhabitant city.
According to the Bengalo police, some rioters set fire to Reul's house.
They shouted slogans and held up banners - what it said was not conveyed.
The meeting broke up quickly on Sunday, the CDU politician was not at home.
The police came to the search with three hundred teams, a helicopter was also in use.
Witnesses were heard and statements evaluated.
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