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German Police Push Back ‘Anti-Corona’ Protesters as They Attempt to Storm Parliament – Videos
from Sputnik News:
Saturday’s demonstrations in Berlin saw tens of thousands of people, as per the authorities’ data, take to downtown streets to protest against strings of anti-coronavirus measures put in place by the Germany authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Right-wing activists attempted to storm the German parliament building on Saturday as part of a day-long protest against the government’s pandemic restrictions, but were removed by police from the staircase of the Reichstag building, as featured in videos posted by demonstrators on social media.
Nothing to see here. Just German police unable to keep rightwing extremists from storming the steps of the Bundestag. One can only imagine the amount of tear gas and water canons that would have been used against Antifa protests trying to do the same thing… https://t.co/ZRuARGpJ9x
— Tarik Abou-Chadi (@tabouchadi) August 29, 2020
During today’s Protests in Berlin, Anti-Merkel Protesters, waving German Empire and Russian Federation flags, tried to storm the Reichstag Building (the German Parliament to those who don’t know) in Berlin, Germany. pic.twitter.com/P2mV95L7mH
— Tony (@Mrtdogg) August 29, 2020
Die Teilnehmer am Reichstag haben erneut die Absperrungen durchbrochen und sind die Treppen hochgestürmt. Massiver Einsatz von Pfefferspray durch die Polizei. #b2908 pic.twitter.com/tTqGd6K8Wq
— ENDSTATION RECHTS. (@ER_MV) August 29, 2020
Footage of the incident showed hundreds of people, some waving the flag of the German Empire of 1871-1918 (Second Reich), running toward the Reichstag building and then up the stairs.
Police confirmed that several activists had broken through a cordon in front of the Parliament building and managed to proceed on to the stairs, but not inside the building. Stones and bottles were thrown , as they forcefully pushed the protesters back, police commented.
The interior minister, Horst Seehofer, has since denounced what he claimed was acts of vandalism, arguing that being the workplace of the country’s parliament, the Reichstag building is “the symbolic centre of our liberal democracy.” “It’s unbearable that vandals and extremists should misuse it,” Seehofer said in a statement calling on authorities to show zero tolerance to such protests.
