More than 60 people detained at youth protests in Berlin

Detentions and injured police officers

More than 60 people were detained during protest actions in Berlin on October 31 — German law enforcement agencies reported this on the social network X. In the afternoon, a demonstration took place at the Brandenburg Gate, organized at the call of the youth movement Gen Z regelt (Generation Z decides); five people were temporarily detained during it, and the police noted that the action as a whole proceeded peacefully. Later, according to the police, numerous offenses were recorded during a march by left-wing radicals: almost 60 people were detained on suspicion of property damage, assault, resistance to law enforcement officers, violations of weapons and explosives legislation, as well as of public order.

Scale of the forces deployed

About 1,500 police officers were deployed to maintain order in the German capital. As a result of the clashes, 27 police officers received minor injuries; all of them were able to continue their service.

Protesters' demands and authorities' concerns

The day before the German newspaper Bild wrote, that on October 31 large-scale youth protest actions were planned in more than 20 cities across the country, including Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Frankfurt. According to the newspaper, Germany's intelligence services and Interior Ministry were concerned that radicals could take over the officially peaceful demonstrations. Among the protesters' main demands are reform of the education system, measures to combat the rising cost of living, and a rejection of the reinstatement of compulsory military service in Germany.