German police prepare for Halloween protests in 23 cities

The report describes concerns about online calls for violence, but says internal police assessments contain no concrete indications of large-scale rioting.

Channel: WELT Nachrichtensender ·

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Protests over schools, living costs and military conscription are planned across Germany on Saturday, with police preparing for possible violence as the demonstrations coincide with Halloween, Germany's WELT Nachrichtensender reports.

The report identifies Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin and Hamburg among the main locations. It distinguishes the protesters' stated demands for better schools and affordable living from authorities' concerns that people intent on violence could join peaceful student demonstrations.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, a member of the Christian Social Union, points to experiences in France and Spain as grounds for vigilance. His warning concerns the possibility of demonstrations turning violent, not evidence that the German protests have been organized for that purpose.

That distinction matters in a report that uses archive footage of unrest in France to illustrate what authorities fear. Those images do not show the planned German demonstrations, which have yet to take place.

According to the report, internal police assessments from Baden-Württemberg and Berlin contain no indications of major riots at this stage. Authorities remain concerned about unpredictable individual incidents and online appeals for violence. The segment closes by recalling previous Halloween nights when emergency personnel were attacked.

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