Kreuzberg: burglars arrested - tensions for rallies rise!

The Berlin police were challenged several times yesterday afternoon when it was alerted due to an attempted slump in apartments in Kreuzberg. A 19-year-old witness noticed suspicious noises at his apartment door on Ohlauer Strasse at 2:30 p.m. and immediately informed the emergency services. They met a 27-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl in the hallway, in which the officials secured burglary tools and parts of the door lock. The suspect was transferred to a specialist commissioner to further questioning, while the child was handed over to the child emergency service, as berlin.de reported.

In parallel to the events in Kreuzberg, the police were deployed from yesterday afternoon to the late night with a large contingent - a total of over 1,600 police officers, supported by forces from other federal states and the federal police, moved out for several registered rallies. On the square of March 18, up to 10,000 demonstrators gathered under the motto "Stand up against terror, hatred and anti -Semitism - in solidarity and compassion with Israel". Despite the predominantly quiet atmosphere, the emergency services had to intervene against the disturbance by four people with anti -Israel flags. The police reports-berlin.de Numerous measures were taken in these missions to ensure calm and security.

massive police operations and arrests

Overall, the police initiated around 232 restrictions on freedom, often for identity determination, including people who gathered on Potsdamer Platz despite existing assembly bans. At another rally on Alexanderplatz, which started at 7 p.m. with 350 participants and to 700 climb, Pro-Palestinian slogans were called out and a person with a disparative sign was found. Investigations into suspected sedition have been initiated. In addition, there were several incidents in the city, such as a damaged window of a hospital and a fire on a flag mast with Israeli flag, which are now being examined by police state security.