Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German 'anti-corona' protests
Some 38,000 people took to the
streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations.Later hundreds of
protesters, many from the far right, tried to storm the Reichstag, the home of
Germany's federal parliament.A number of people were arrested and German
politicians condemned the attack as "shameful" and unacceptable.Some
of those involved had insignia from the far-right Reichsbürger (Reich Citizens)
movement. Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: "Nazi symbols as well as
Reichsbürger and Imperial German flags have no place in the German Bundestag.Earlier
some 200 people were arrested at one rally, which the authorities blamed on
right-wing agitators who were said to have thrown stones and bottles.Rallies
protesting against coronavirus restrictions took place in other European cities
with some demonstrators calling the virus a hoax.Thousands gathered in London's
Trafalgar Square to protest against issues including coronavirus restrictions
and 5G. Signs reading "masks are muzzles" and "new normal new fascism were held up.
Similar protests took place in
Paris, Vienna and Zurich.
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