26 Cops Injured, 100 Arrested During Migrant Street Battles in Germany.

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https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/07/09 ... n-germany/

JAKE WELCH
26 Cops Injured, 100 Arrested During Migrant Street Battles in Germany.

At least 26 police officers were injured and around 100 people arrested at an Eritrean cultural event held in the German city of Giessen over the weekend.

Hundreds of Eritreans tried to force their way into the festival’s venue as a means of showing opposition to the African country’s autocratic leader. The German authorities said in a public statement that there were “massive attacks” against officers during the protests, with hundreds of Eritrean men throwing smoke bombs, bottles, and stones, as well as damaging vehicles and ripping down fencing around the festival’s venue.

As a result, the police were forced to use pepper spray and batons to defend themselves. “Our police officers are not the buffer for conflicts from third world countries,” argued the Interior Minister of Hessen Peter Beuth, following the event. He added: “It must be made clear to the Eritrean government that Eritrean conflicts must not be carried out on German soil.”

The protestors were furious the festival went ahead, referring to it as a “propaganda exercise” by the Eritrean government. The annual event is organized by the Central Council of Eritreans in Germany, which is often criticized due to its proximity to the Eritrean regime.

The city of Giessen wanted to ban the festival from occurring again after similar violent protests at the previous event in August last year. However, the German courts decided against enforcing the city’s demands.