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Berlin Police Detain 15 at Unauthorized Gaza Protest in Kreuzberg-Neukölln

Prosecutors opened eight cases covering suspected breach of the peace, illegal slogans and insult.

Overview

  • Groups ignited pyrotechnics and threw bins and e-scooters onto Kottbusser Damm on Saturday evening, according to police accounts relayed by local media.
  • Police said about 250 officers were deployed to the area during the unrest.
  • Authorities reported 15 detentions, with local coverage earlier noting a lower preliminary figure.
  • RBB first reported the disturbances, which unfolded across parts of Kreuzberg and Neukölln.
  • The episode followed a larger Berlin protest days earlier that led to about 80 arrests and left ten officers injured, police said.