Cologne: Demonstrating in anti-war marching police attack the police

In the course of an anti-war march through the city center of Cologne, violent clashes between the police and demonstrators occurred. The assembly of the alliance “Rheinmetall disarmed” was stopped in the evening after attacks on civil servants and repeated violations of the right of assembly, the police said. Emergency forces had used irritable gas and trimmings to prevent attacks. Twelve police officers were injured – four should have ended the service. A spokesman for the demonstrators also spoke of injuries.

A group of whose ranks had been “set”, the police said. A dpa reporter observed how a hard core was encircled by demonstrators to the night. The police said that the identification of the identities of people who were involved in unnecessary actions, according to initial knowledge, took the night into the night. Several people were taken into custody.

Demonstrators accused the police to capture some of them without care. The police replied that there were drinks and mobile toilets. A spokesman for the demonstrators said in the evening that there were 40 to 60 injuries who had not been released into the hospital. A police spokesman said: “Medical help is certainly made accessible where it is necessary.”

According to the police, around 3,000 people had taken part in the demonstration against upgrading and war. Some participants were mucked out and had ignited smoking, a police spokesman said. In addition to pyrotechnics, fuel spirit and gas bottles were also found in an accompanying vehicle.