Germany's Dobrindt calls for tough penalties after Frankfurt unrest, Bild says
Dobrindt said more than 30 people were briefly detained after police reported smashed windows, petrol bombs and looted stores during the protests.
- On Saturday, hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt and threw petrol bombs at emergency services, prompting police to arrest more than 30 individuals during the violent disturbances.
- Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of dozens of German cities demanding better education and lower living costs in protests led by the campaign group "Gen Z regelt."
- Frankfurt police reported windows being smashed during the violent disturbances; the strategy of maintaining a large presence across multiple locations successfully prevented larger scale violence.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt praised police forces on Sunday, saying, "Excesses of violence like those in Paris were prevented thanks to our highly committed police forces."
- Dobrindt told Bild that rioters will be identified and held accountable, threatening tough penalties while accusing "violent left-wing groups and troublemakers from the migrant community" of hijacking the protests.
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After nationwide peaceful youth protests, riots occurred yesterday in several cities. Frankfurt was particularly affected. According to Hesse's Minister of the Interior, Poseck, more than 100 policemen were injured, one of them severely.
Germany's Dobrindt calls for tough penalties after Frankfurt unrest, Bild says
FRANKFURT, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Germany's interior minister threatened tough penalties for looters and rioters who rampaged through Frankfurt overnight but praised the heavy police presence for preventing larger scale violence.
Hessen's Interior Minister takes stock of the riots in Frankfurt. A total of 1500 violent sturgeons were on the streets, the youngest being only 13 years old.
The largely peaceful »Gen Z« demonstrations were followed by riots and police operations. The Minister of the Interior wants to have already found his perpetrator profile. Other politicians remind of the core of the protests.
Plundering, burning barricades, about 30 arrests: After the riots in Frankfurt, the police speak of considerable damage. Who is behind it and how the violence is now being worked up.
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