Overview

• Officers stopped a 130-person demonstration for roughly 90 minutes on suspicion of violating bans on paramilitary display under the NRW assembly law.
• Police recorded the identities of 39 marchers to assess potential criminal offenses and rolled up the group’s flags before allowing compliance.
• By evening, authorities filed 75 charges, including 69 assembly-law violations, one count each of assault and threats, two detentions for resisting officers and additional insults.
• After the pause, the march resumed to Ludgeriplatz where participants held a scheduled rally under ongoing legal scrutiny.
• Approximately 1,200 counter-demonstrators outnumbered the far-right group as police enforced extensive security measures, including road closures and a weapons ban at Münster’s main station.