In Leipzig there are riots in an elevator. A mosque is attacked, garbage cans set on fire and cars damaged.
Leipzig – At a demonstration in Leipzig on Monday evening (December 13th, 2021) riots broke out. According to a police spokeswoman on Tuesday, participants set fire to garbage cans and damaged cars. Window panes on a mosque were also smashed. In addition, stones and paint bags were thrown at a police car and pyrotechnics were ignited.
According to the authorities, the forces identified several possible suspects. However, the officials did not initially provide any further details. This also applied to an assessment of a possible political background to the demonstration that took place in the east of the urban area. According to media reports, the demonstration was said to have been a gathering of suspected left-wing extremists, an estimated one hundred people to have attended.
Leipzig: Protest actions against Corona measures
In Leipzig and the surrounding area, according to the police, there were again protests on Monday by opponents of the measures to contain the corona pandemic *, who were out in smaller groups in the evening in various places in the city. There were no rallies, however, and there were no incidents.
There were also rallies in other cities in eastern Germany. In Erfurt, a few hundred opponents of the Corona measures gathered on the central Anger. According to the Ministry of the Interior, emergency services prevented several groups from demonstrating in the city center. Arrests were made in several places in the Thuringian capital.
Corona demos: also deployments in other places in eastern Germany
Thuringia’s Interior Minister Georg Maier (SPD *) no longer ruled out drastic state measures against the messenger service Telegram in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Politicians must make it clear to Telegram that the operator is obliged to delete hatred and agitation from the network and to report them. According to German authorities, the Telegram service, based in the United Arab Emirates, has become the central forum for militant corona deniers.
The focus of the police operations in Saxony were Chemnitz and Freiberg, where together more than ten meetings had been registered. In Chemnitz, the officials finally stopped an elevator of about 100 people. The number of participants in Freiberg was given by the police as 450 people. (skr with AFP / dpa) * fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
