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Police Halt Part of Anti-Rheinmetall Protest March in Cologne

From Die Zeit · () German

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  • Police stopped a group during an anti-Rheinmetall demonstration in Cologne, while allowing the peaceful part of the march to continue.
  • About 400 participants had registered for the protest, but police said more people attended than expected.
  • The protest came after earlier blockades in Cologne and Bonn and followed clashes at last year’s camp demonstration that injured police officers and protesters.

Police stopped part of an anti-Rheinmetall protest march in Cologne on Friday, while the peaceful section continued moving. A police spokeswoman said officers had halted a group classified as unruly, but she initially gave no figures for the size of either group.

The demonstration was organized by the “Rheinmetall Disarm” alliance, which is holding a protest camp in Cologne through Sunday. Around 400 people had registered with police for the march, but more participants arrived than expected, the spokeswoman said.

The action followed other protests by the anti-war alliance. On Thursday, activists temporarily blocked a Bundeswehr barracks in Cologne and glued themselves to the road outside a Rheinmetall branch in Bonn.

The camp’s final demonstration last year ended in clashes with police. Thirteen police officers and at least nine demonstrators were injured. North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul of the Christian Democratic Union later acknowledged police mistakes.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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