Right -wing extremist demo in Berlin: Aachen Senturk in focus!

Right -wing extremist demo in Berlin: Aachen Senturk in focus!

Lichtenberg, Deutschland - On Saturday, December 14, 2024, there was a violent confrontation between several thousand counter-demonstrators and a right-wing extremist assembly in Berlin organized by Ferhat Sentürk, a former AfD member. The deployment, which took place under the motto "for law and order: against left -wing extremism and politically motivated violence", attracted no more than 63 participants despite his first announcement. As the Aachener Zeitung gathered up to 3,000 counter-demonstrators to counter made considerable police operation necessary.

The protests escalated when some counter -demonstrators threw stones and bottles on the police. A total of 31 emergency services were injured. Sentürk, who recently turned away from the AfD, was planning to found a new right party and showed himself at the head of the march, while participants showed right-wing extremists, including the "White Power" greeting. The nd current reported on a supposedly right-wing extremist attack, in which four young people attacked two members of the SPD, which attacked all perpetrators, which led.

political situation and reactions

The Berlin MP Ferat Koçak from the left, even victim of a right -wing extremist arson attack in 2019, resolved against the deployment and thus supported the protesters. When he broke through the police barrier, he said: "The Nazis who want to run there are responsible for the arson attack on me and my family!" Koçak and other anti -fascists were finally removed by the police. The events underline the continuing tensions within Berlin society and the increasing visibility of right-wing extremist movements that adolescents attract from a new internet youth culture. Several of the participants came from circles, which are known for their violent views, which reinforces the concerns about the growing radicalization and the spread of extremist ideologies in society.