A demonstration of the left scene in Leipzig ends with burning pallets and garbage cans. Previously, participants had repeatedly thrown stones at a police building, among other things.
After the official end of the “We are all LinX” demonstration, barricades were erected and set alight in the Leipzig district of Connewitz. Masked people pulled wooden pallets, traffic signs and garbage cans onto the street and set them on fire.
The police subsequently opened water cannons at the Connewitzer Kreuz. The vehicles were pelted with stones after being observed by a dpa photographer. The “LinX” demo had ended at Connewitzer Kreuz. According to the police, up to 3500 people took part in the peak.
Along the demo route, individual participants, who were also masked, repeatedly collected paving stones and hurled them against various buildings. The building of the Leipzig Police Department was pelted with beer bottles and firecrackers. Several bank buildings and the facade of a house with student apartments were also thrown with stones.
The reason for the elevator was the trial of the student Lina E. and three men, whom the federal prosecutor accuses of forming a criminal organization and attacks on alleged rights. The release of Lina E. was requested. Take to the streets for anti-fascism and against Nazis, said one speaker.
The police accompanied the demonstration with a large contingent. There were officials from Saxony, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as the federal police in action. A helicopter circled over the city, several water cannons were ready.
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