Overview
- Authorities reported more than 3,000 participants across eight assemblies, with roughly 1,400–1,500 in the pro‑Palestine march linked to Handala.
- Officers enforced strict separation with barriers and a large interregional deployment, supported by a helicopter and video unit under a city order banning weapons and masking.
- A cameraman from public broadcaster MDR was assaulted near Connewitzer Kreuz; police detained a suspect and opened an investigation while providing escorts for media.
- Police cited targeted violations including breaches of the anti‑masking rule, pyrotechnics, banner seizures and identity checks, but no major clashes were recorded.
- The pro‑Palestine route was redirected from Connewitz toward the city center with a finale at Augustusplatz, and Saxony’s interior minister praised the operation while urging the left to distance itself more clearly from extremism.