354 arrested as dozens of police injured during Berlin May Day riots

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>At least 93 police officers were injured and 354 protesters were detained after traditional May Day rallies in Berlin turned violent&comma; the German Police Union has said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 20 rallies took place in the German capital on Saturday and the vast majority were peaceful&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; a leftist march of 8&comma;000 people through the city’s Neukoelln and Kreuzberg district&comma; which has often seen clashes in past decades&comma; turned violent&period; Protesters threw bottles and rocks at officers&comma; and burned rubbish bins and wooden pallets in the streets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Violence against police officers and a blind&comma; destructive rage has nothing to do with political protest&comma;” Berlin state interior minister Andreas Geisel said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He condemned the throwing of bottles and rocks and the burning of barricades on the streets and especially the violence towards police&comma; saying&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The high number of injured officers leaves me stunned&period; I wish all of those who were injured in the line of duty a quick recovery&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is a nightly curfew in most parts of Germany because of the high number of coronavirus infections&comma; but political protests and religious gatherings are exempt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In France&comma; May Day marches in Paris and the southern city of Lyon were also marred by scattered violence&comma; with riot officers targeted by small groups of violent demonstrators who threw projectiles and bins&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police made 56 arrests&comma; including 46 in Paris&comma; the Interior Ministry said&period; It added that six officers suffered injuries&comma; three of them in Paris&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The CGT labour union that organised the main Paris march said violent demonstrators also targeted its marchers at the end of the rally&comma; showering them with projectiles&comma; blows and homophobic&comma; sexist and racist insults&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The union said 21 of its participants were injured&comma; four seriously&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e1d7875481a">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e1d7875481a'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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