3000 participants in an illegal corona demo in Munich: Some of them were armed with knives

Created: 01/06/2022Updated: 01/06/2022, 12:40 PM

From: Tanja Kipke

The police arrested a group of people at Marienplatz.

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Again, numerous people are out and about in downtown Munich to protest against the Corona measures - even though the city has banned it.

Update from January 6, 12:01 p.m.:

During protests against the state corona measures on Wednesday evening in Munich, police said several demonstrators had knives with them.

A spokesman for the Munich police headquarters said on Thursday.

A 44-year-old man from the Unterallgäu district was still in custody on Thursday.

He is accused of assaulting police officers and assaulting them.

Two other arrested men from Erding and Munich were released the next day.

In downtown Munich around 3,000 people protested against the corona measures on Wednesday evening.

Two police officers and three protesters were injured.

Around 1200 people were reported.

Update from January 5, 10:13 p.m.: It

is estimated that around 3,000 people were out and about in the city center on Wednesday evening to protest against the Corona measures, as a police spokesman told the dpa.

They tried again and again to form groups.

The officials took action against this (see previous update).

Overall, the situation in the evening was largely peaceful. 

At Marienplatz, however, the police took down the personal details of numerous people because they did not comply with the request to disband.

They expect notifications for a violation of the general decree.

At first, the speaker was unable to name a number.

First report from January 5th, 8 p.m .:

Munich - the marmot greets every day.

As in the past few weeks, numerous people gathered in downtown Munich on Wednesday to demonstrate against the Corona policy.

As always before, the organizers canceled their planned demo.

Nevertheless, groups of people can be found in the city again.

Two weeks ago a march of protest escalated in the university district, and in the last week the police had everything under control.

Once again, thousands of police officers are on duty and a helicopter supports the officers from the air.

Corona demo in Munich: Police arrest group of people at Marienplatz

Before the planned event, the police referred again via Twitter to the general decree of the city, which forbids so-called "corona walks". This time the largest gatherings are evidently to be found at Marienplatz and Stachus. Several groups of people had come together there, the police announced on Wednesday evening. "We are on site with strength".

According to a spokesman, the police have meanwhile blocked the transition from Marienplatz to Kaufingerstraße. Several groups of protesters wanted to run together from Marienplatz through the pedestrian zone to Karlsplatz / Stachus. That should have been prevented by means of the chain of police officers. The police could not give an estimate of the number of participants. There are also numerous passers-by who went shopping or are on the way home from work, said the spokesman. 

According to the

, individuals such as “no dictatorship” and “resistance” could be heard from the crowd.

The police had informed everyone present at the unannounced meeting about the currently applicable general order, they informed them via Twitter.

You start now with the establishment of the personal details.

Administrative offense proceedings will apply to those people who have not left after being requested to do so by the officials.