China News Agency, Berlin, August 30 (Reporter Peng Dawei) On the 29th, tens of thousands of people in Berlin, Germany, protested against the government's epidemic prevention measures. Some demonstrators clashed with the police. The Minister of the Interior of the City of Berlin stated that the police temporarily arrested 300 people during the operation that day.
Data map: Near the Bahnhof Zoo train station in Berlin, Germany.
This is after about 20,000 people marched in Berlin on August 1st to protest against the government's epidemic prevention measures. Within one month, a large-scale protest with the same demand broke out in Berlin again. The Berlin city government originally rejected the application for the rally that day, but the ban was rejected by the Berlin Higher Administrative Court at the last minute.
According to estimates by the Berlin police, the maximum number of people participating in the rally and parade that day reached 38,000. To maintain order, the city of Berlin dispatched about 3,000 police and a helicopter that day.
In the afternoon that day, the police dispersed the parade because the demonstrators failed to keep their distance. Since then, many demonstrators have instead rallied in front of the Victory Column in central Berlin. People put up slogans such as "new crown is false alarm" and "scam", and most of them did not wear masks.
Berlin's Interior Minister Geisel said that about 3,000 "Imperial Citizens" and other extreme right-wing elements who participated in the demonstration had violent clashes with the police, and seven police officers were injured.
On the same day, some far-right demonstrators waved the historical black and white red flag of the Second German Reich in front of the German Reichstag and tried to break into the Reichstag. The German Federal Minister of the Interior, Seehofer, stated that the Reichstag is the place where the German Parliament performs its duties and symbolizes the “center of freedom and democracy” in Germany. “Anarchists and extremists abuse this place for their purposes. This is intolerable."
"Diversified views are a sign of a healthy society, but freedom of assembly has its boundaries and cannot trample on the rules of the country." Seehofer said that the country must adopt a zero-tolerance attitude and severe punishments against these people.
Since the end of July, the German epidemic has continued to rebound. According to a report from Germany's "Times Online", as of 22:34 on the 29th local time, Germany had a total of 242,545 confirmed infections of the new crown virus, 214,154 cured, and 9,451 deaths. (Finish)