Some 40 Arrested in Neo-Nazi Demonstration and Anti-Fascist Counter-Demonstration in Berlin
Participants stand in front of Police officers at the end of their march during a right-wing demonstration in Berlin, Germany, 22 March 2025. Photo: EFE/EPA/CLEMENS BILAN
March 22, 2025 Hour: 2:10 pm
The Berlin Police arrested this Saturday forty people at a neo-Nazi demonstration and anti-fascist counter-demonstration in the German capital, reported the newspapers ‘Tagesspiegel’ and ‘Berliner Zeitung’.
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“Our colleagues arrested three participants of a rally in Friedrichshain for displaying symbols of unconstitutional organizations. All three were brought before a judge, who confirmed their detention,” said the Berlin’s police in its X account.
Another was arrested for making the greeting of Hitler in front of the agents. Several more people were arrested for offences against the Weapons Law, the Explosives and Pyrotechnics Law.
Some 850 people took part in the extreme right-wing march entitled “For law and order. Against left-wing extremism and politically motivated violence”.
The organizer, the local politician of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Aachen Ferhat Sentürk, had initially spoken of 1,200 participants.
On the other hand, Some 2,000 people protested loudly against the neo-Nazi demonstration. According to the police, there were ten counter-demonstrations which prevented neo-Nazis from advancing more than 200 metres.
After about four hours, the leader of the neo-Nazi demonstration ended the event prematurely. A total of 1,500 policemen were monitoring the two demonstrations in Friedrichshain and Mitte.
Autor: ACJ
Fuente: EFE // X: @PolizeiBerlin_E