On Saturday night, the Berlin police had to break up several illegal corona parties.
But the situation escalated.
Among other things, bottles flew.
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illegal corona parties
on Saturday night (19.09)
.
When the police intervened, the situation escalated.
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Berlin - Hundreds of partiers, arrests and flying bottles - scenes that are almost reminiscent of the night of the riot in Stuttgart.
On the night of Saturday (19.09) the
police in Berlin
had to break up
several
illegal corona parties
.
About 100 officers were on duty.
The celebrants heard loud music and disregarded the distance regulations.
Then the situation escalated and bottles, among other things, flew.
Berlin: Illegal corona parties in two parks - situation escalates
At around 11 p.m. on Friday evening, the
Berlin police
broke up
the first
Corona party
in James-Simon-Park in the Mitte district
.
About 600 participants bawled and did not adhere to the corona-related minimum distance, writes the dpa.
Eyewitnesses also reported
escalations
within a group of around 300 people.
Those present were reportedly attacking each other with chairs in a nearby restaurant.
Not only the James-Simon-Park had apparently declared the party mile on Saturday night.
The
police also had to
intervene
in other places in the capital
.
Berlin: Illegal corona parties in two parks - riots between the police and partying
The Monbijoupark was also cleared by local officials during the night.
There were
riots between the officials and the celebrating crowd
.
The police had to push away, push away and arrest those present, reports the police according to focus.de.
Meanwhile, the participants in the celebration attacked
the police
with
bottles
.
One
officer was injured
and required outpatient treatment.
A previously unknown person also threw a bottle at a passing bus.
When it stopped, a person kicked off a side mirror.
After the
evacuation of both parks
, passengers also had to leave the Hackescher Markt S-Bahn station, where people were crowded together.
Berlin: Illegal corona parties in two parks - press spokesman outraged: "Is there something coming?"
After the riots on Saturday night,
seven suspects
have now been
arrested.
According to the dpa, criminal investigations have been initiated for assault, attempted release of prisoners and dangerous bodily harm.
The
press spokesman for the Berlin police union
was
outraged
on Twitter
: "In James-Simon-Park, hundreds said again that they had to give a damn about infection protection measures and attack those with bottles that are legally obliged to take action against them - we now regard this as weekly normality or is something coming? ”he wrote to the House of Representatives.
(chd)
In James-Simon-Park, hundreds said they had to give a damn about infection control measures and attack those with bottles that are legally obliged to take action against them - do we now see this as weekly normality or is something coming @AGH_Berlin?
https://t.co/dBiklSx2Gl
- Benjamin Jendro (@ Djeron7) September 19, 2020
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