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Protests at the G7 summit: Thousands of police officers are on duty
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Despite high security precautions, protests broke out on the first day of the G7 meeting.
During the demonstration in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, the police found six violations of the assembly law.
The police said supporters of the so-called "Black Block" knotted banners, lit smoke pots or masked themselves.
Among those whose personal details were determined were a woman and a minor.
During the check, both stated that they suffered from circulatory problems.
So the ambulance was called.
The protest alliance "Stop G7 Elmau" reported that five people had been arrested and two of them "in custody for
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be, one of them minors.
A police officer injured during arrest
Overall, the protests were peaceful, the police said early Monday morning.
A police officer was injured when arresting a 38-year-old and was no longer able to work.
The man insulted the emergency services after he had already left the demo.
He had put up massive resistance to his arrest and had also been injured himself.
The police spoke of a total of 900 participants in the demonstration, the organizers saw more than twice as many at 2,000.
The central topics included the climate crisis and the fear of an escalation of the war in Ukraine.
The rally was accompanied by a massive contingent of security forces.
A total of 18,000 police officers are on duty in the region for the summit.
Protests have also been announced for the second day of the summit.
From 10 a.m. the top politicians will sit together again this Monday.
At the same time, a star march is planned on several routes to the conference venue at Schloss Elmau.
Ultimately, however, only some of the demonstrators will come near the castle at all.
It is planned that a 50-strong police delegation will be brought in buses within sight of the summit site in order to be able to hold a rally there.
The remaining participants will have to end their protest marches further away from the castle.
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