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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Violence at festivals in Germany



Violence occurred at 8/9 at a festival attracts about 40,000 Kurds from all over Europe to attend in the city of Mannheim, western Germany. According to local officials, violence broke out when the festival organizers tried to stop a 14-year-old boy broke into the festival area, due to this he held up a flag print icon prohibited. However, rather than comply with the request of the organizers, a large festival has caused police riots, forcing the organizers to have recourse police. However, the crowd continued aggression. Even, many extremist who threw stones, bottles and fireworks at police. In addition, they also smashed dozens of vehicles of this force."The risk of violence is huge boom. Hundreds, if not thousands, plunged straight into the police force. I have never witnessed scenes like this in 30 years in the industry, "a spokesman for the Mannheim city police said. According to the spokesperson, the confrontation between the two sides stressed that the police forced to use tear gas to disperse. "At that time, the police almost no chance to hold the crowd. Everything ended only after police use strong measures, "the spokesman said. According to authorities, the violence ended after police arrested 31 extreme objects, collected 4 knife and an iron fist.
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