Chaotic protest: demonstrators storm KaDeWe in Berlin!

Chaotic protest: demonstrators storm KaDeWe in Berlin!

On Saturday evening, a Palestine protest in Berlin, as several demonstrators tried, escalated the famous department store of the West (KaDeWe)! The police had to react immediately and block several entrances to the luxury department store, supported by a security service that also intervened to control the situation.

The demonstration that the title "Solidarity with Palestine - stops the Gaza Genocide - No Weapons for Israel - stopped the war in Lebanon" had previously taken place on Wittenbergplatz and attracted up to 350 people. The trigger for chaotic push into the KaDeWe was a arrest among the protesters. Many demonstrators followed the police on Ansbacher Straße and tried to violently get into the department store. According to reports, some are said to have even reached the building, but were quickly arrested.

arrests and violence!

The mood on the demo was tense: a fixed group among the protesting called loudly police -single slogans and used the controversial exclamation "From the River to the Sea". Only about two thirds of the participants followed the instructions of the assembly management to dissolve. When the police intervened, there were clashes in which the demonstrators used violence against the emergency services. As a result, 22 arrests were recorded, and criminal proceedings against several people were initiated for resistance, assault and non -permitted symbols.

In addition to the 22 arrests during the Palestine protest, a further protest with regard to the Kurdish areas in Turkey was arrested. Saturday ended turbulent, with a total of 15 criminal proceedings against protest participants. The tensions of the demonstrations still seem high and the police are ready to ensure order.