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Dresden (dpa) - In Dresden, hundreds of critics of the Corona measures in the city gathered on Saturday despite the ban on the "lateral thinking" demonstration.
"We have been on the move since the early hours of the morning to enforce the ban," said a police spokesman on Saturday.
The situation is "very dynamic".
In the early afternoon several hundred people had gathered in front of the congress center near the state parliament.
The right-wing group "Heidenauer Wavelength" had actually registered a rally there.
According to the police, there were far more than the registered 150 participants.
They criticized the corona measures with sayings, many did not wear a mask.
According to a dpa reporter in the early afternoon, the events were at times confusing and the mood was tense.
The police repeatedly asked people to leave the place.
According to the dpa reporter, a train of a good 1,000 people started moving towards the Ostragehege - there were repeated calls like "The pandemic is over."
The police blocked roads to stop the train.
The police tweeted water cannons on the way to the Ostragehege.
There they should secure the vaccination center, it said.
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On the night of Saturday, the Saxon Higher Administrative Court (OVG) in Bautzen had confirmed the ban on the "lateral thinking" demonstration planned for Saturday afternoon by the Dresden Administrative Court.
The officials assumed in advance that, despite the ban, the scene would be mobilized for spontaneous actions.
The Königsufer, on which the “lateral thinking” demo was originally supposed to take place, was cordoned off with bars and numerous access roads were blocked.
Among other things, a police helicopter was in use.
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