Germany coronavirus: Anger after attempt to storm parliament
An attempt to storm Germany's parliament during Saturday's big Berlin protest against Covid-19 restrictions has been condemned by politicians across the political spectrum.
Police rejected criticism of their small deployment, saying they could not"be everywhere all the time".Thousands took to the streets of Berlin to rally against coronavirus restrictions"The Reichstag is the domain of our parliament and the symbolic centre of our democracy. It is unbearable that troublemakers and extremists misuse it for their own purposes," said Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
In all, 300 people were arrested at various locations, 200 after right-wing agitators threw stones and bottles near the Brandenburg Gate. Although Germany has so far not seen the wave of cases affecting some parts of Europe, its infection rate has been growing. New case numbers are reaching highs last seen in April.The demonstration was called by the Stuttgart-based movement Querdenken 711 . The group has more than 16,000 followers on Facebook and communicates largely through encrypted messaging service Telegram.
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