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Berlin (dpa) - In the end, everything went very quickly.
The Berlin police had blocked the area around the left-hand bar "Meuterei" in Kreuzberg.
Hundreds of mostly young demonstrators protested behind the red and white bars at the intersections early on Thursday morning.
The bailiff arrived at around 8 a.m.
At 8:15 a.m., the police broke into the back entrance and also opened the door to the street.
Police took two women out of the pub whose lease had expired.
"The evacuation of the property went according to plan," said police spokeswoman Anja Dierschke.
The whole morning was "trouble-free".
A total of 1,100 police officers were used to cordon off and accompany demonstrations.
Thursday night was less peaceful.
Left groups had been calling for resistance and demonstrations against the announced eviction for weeks.
The "mutiny" was one of the symbols for the displacement of alternative places.
On posters and on the internet it was said in the past few days: “Decentralized too.
Actions throughout the city from 6 a.m. at the latest. "
From 1.00 a.m., a total of eight expensive cars were set on fire at four locations, and tires were burning on the wall of a public order office.
Near a fire in Mitte, the police arrested two women and a man when they were spraying political slogans on a wall.
The police want to investigate whether there is a connection between the eviction, the arson attacks and the sprayers.
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Several smaller demonstrations with a total of several hundred participants moved from Neukölln and Kreuzberg to Reichenberger Strasse, the site of the evacuation, from 6 a.m.
Many left-wing autonomists could be seen among the demonstrators, and in isolated cases firecrackers, smoke pots and fireworks were set off.
According to the police, 15 to 20 people tried to roll out a banner on the street at Kottbusser Tor.
This has been stopped.
Many protesters wore corona protective masks.
They were dressed in black and shouted slogans like "Pubs to those who drink in them".
A banner read: "The signs point to a storm".
Across from the pub, some residents beat pots loudly on their balconies during the evacuation.
Police officers with climbing gear were standing on the roof of a house next to the pub.
Downstairs, other police officers carried sledge hammers, chainsaws, power cables, and other equipment into the back yard.
After the doors were broken, the police took the personal details of the last two squatters and released them.
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On the inside walls of the “mutiny” were slogans such as “ACAB” (All cops are bastards) or memories of the “Syndikat” bar, which was cleared in summer 2020.
The bailiff and the police wanted to hand the rooms over to the owner later.
In the next few weeks, further arguments about symbols of the left and radical left scene are expected.
In April the dispute over the contested house «Rigaer 94» in Friedrichshain could escalate.
The owner wants to go into the barricaded building complex with a fire protection expert and has got it right in court.
Because of the resistance of the radical left scene, a large police operation would probably be necessary.
The Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district office involved delayed this inspection, but was defeated in court.
There is no date for the inspection yet.
Should he be in Kreuzberg shortly before May 1st with the usual left-wing autonomous demonstration, that could create additional potential for escalation.
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