Riots after protests: Riots in Berlin and Hesse after Gen Z protests

After riots in several cities on the sidelines of the Gen Z Initiative protests, new tumults have broken out in Berlin and Hesse.

In the Märkischesviertel in the Reinickendorf district of Berlin, mostly young people set off pyrotechnics and Molotov cocktails, the police said. At the beginning a group of around 30 people gathered, which then grew to up to 120. The RBB first reported on the incidents. A 14-year-old was arrested, it said.

In Viernheim, Hesse, a dozen minors, some of whom were masked, built a barricade and attacked emergency services with firecrackers. Three children and nine young people were temporarily arrested, the police in Darmstadt announced. A large contingent was then deployed throughout the night in downtown Viernheim, but there were no further incidents.

In Hamburg, several young demonstrators blocked entrances to a university building early in the morning. Among other things, construction fences and garbage containers were placed in front of the entrances to the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, observed a reporter from the dpa news agency. On English-language banners, the demonstrators called for the liberation of all oppressed people or called for boycotts and resistance.

After Gen Z's peaceful youth protests over the weekend, there were riots and clashes with the police in several cities as darkness fell. There was looting and arrests in Frankfurt am Main and violent scenes in Cologne.