The police have encircled around 100 demonstrators in Leipzig, according to a dpa reporter. Several hundred demonstrators had been encircling after violent clashes between demonstrators and police.

Overall, however, the situation has calmed down, at least temporarily, says the reporter. The occasion is the verdict against Lina E. and three co-defendants for attacks on alleged or actual neo-Nazis. Another demonstration had been banned in advance.. Police react during riots at a demonstration for freedom of assembly in LeIPzig.