“123 were injured during the operation”, the police said in a statement.
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A burnt out vehicle in Berlin following large-scale leftist protests.
Burned cars stand in Berlin, on July 10, 2016, after police in the German capital clashed with left-wing protesters.
More than 120 officers were injured and 86 demonstrators detained in leftist riots in Berlin described by police as “the most aggressive and violent in the last five years”.
Police made dozens of arrests in Louisiana’s capital city during weekend protests around the country in which people angry over police killings of young black men sought to block some major interstates. It appears at least 3,500 rioters took part in the uprising and possibly more than 4,000. It has been repeatedly raided by police. The police also called in air support using helicopters and they had to call in for reinforcements from Bavaria, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and the Federal Police.
The city-state’s minister in charge of security, Frank Henkel, denounced the “orgy of violence of the extreme left” by “anarchists and troublemakers”.
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The issue comes amid rising political tension before regional elections in September.
