Overview
- Seven assemblies are registered in the district between noon and 6 p.m., including two marches and six rallies with municipal estimates of more than 3,000 participants.
- Leipzig police field a major operation supported by Saxon riot police, the state criminal office, and units from other federal states.
- An administrative order prohibits weapons, injurious objects, and clothing used for concealment in designated areas near Connewitzer Kreuz.
- The state intelligence service expects a heated atmosphere and does not rule out reciprocal disruptions, and Interior Minister Armin Schuster says police will intervene decisively in case of tumult.
- An alliance around Handala Leipzig calls a rally under the slogan “Antifa means: Free Palestine,” the group is classified as extremist by state intelligence, and the small right‑wing party Freie Sachsen has also registered a gathering.