Can someone explain to me what they are trying to achieve?
From the article :
“Turn Neukölln into Gaza”: 174 arrests and hours of rioting at the Berlin Palestine demonstration
Fires, parades, fireworks: Neukölln is experiencing another night of riots on Wednesday. Stones and bottles fly at police officers during pro-Palestinian protests, injuring 65 officers.
Participants of a banned pro-Palestine demonstration set off pyrotechnics near Sonnenallee in the Neukölln district.
The Berlin district of Neukölln was again hit by serious riots on Wednesday evening. Hundreds of demonstrators rioted for several hours in the Sonnenallee and Hermannplatz area. They had responded to calls for undeclared and ultimately banned pro-Palestinian protests. A spokeswoman for the Berlin police spoke to the Tagesspiegel on Thursday morning of 174 arrests, 65 criminal investigations initiated and 65 injured officers , although only one police officer had to end his duty prematurely. As of 12:30 a.m. the situation on site had calmed down.
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And later there were social media calls for further protests: “Men” should come to Pannierstrasse in Neukölln at 10 p.m. with stones, batons and masks , it was said in a Telegram chat group. “We will turn Neukölln into Gaza. Set everything on fire.” The call is explained succinctly: “Our brothers and sisters are being massacred in Gaza.”
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On site, the police made loudspeaker announcements: “You are taking part in a prohibited meeting.” The crowd was completely unimpressed. They continued to shout “Viva, viva Palestine” and “Allahu Akbar”.
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Massive German W!
This is getting really scary. I think Europe might have some serious problems.
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Can someone explain to me what they are trying to achieve?
From the article :
“Turn Neukölln into Gaza”: 174 arrests and hours of rioting at the Berlin Palestine demonstration
Fires, parades, fireworks: Neukölln is experiencing another night of riots on Wednesday. Stones and bottles fly at police officers during pro-Palestinian protests, injuring 65 officers.
Participants of a banned pro-Palestine demonstration set off pyrotechnics near Sonnenallee in the Neukölln district.
The Berlin district of Neukölln was again hit by serious riots on Wednesday evening. Hundreds of demonstrators rioted for several hours in the Sonnenallee and Hermannplatz area. They had responded to calls for undeclared and ultimately banned pro-Palestinian protests. A spokeswoman for the Berlin police spoke to the Tagesspiegel on Thursday morning of 174 arrests, 65 criminal investigations initiated and 65 injured officers , although only one police officer had to end his duty prematurely. As of 12:30 a.m. the situation on site had calmed down.
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And later there were social media calls for further protests: “Men” should come to Pannierstrasse in Neukölln at 10 p.m. with stones, batons and masks , it was said in a Telegram chat group. “We will turn Neukölln into Gaza. Set everything on fire.” The call is explained succinctly: “Our brothers and sisters are being massacred in Gaza.”
…
On site, the police made loudspeaker announcements: “You are taking part in a prohibited meeting.” The crowd was completely unimpressed. They continued to shout “Viva, viva Palestine” and “Allahu Akbar”.
…
Massive German W!
This is getting really scary. I think Europe might have some serious problems.