BERLIN — Fifty-nine people were arrested and dozens of police officers injured during violent clashes at a pro-Palestinian
demonstration in Berlin this weekend, police said on Sunday.
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Around 3,500 people had gathered in the German capital’s Neukoelln district on Saturday afternoon in one of several rallies over the escalating conflict in the Middle East, according to police.
Protesters threw stones, bottles, and fireworks as police tried to break up the demonstration, injuring 93 officers and prompting them to use pepper spray.
Several people are being investigated for shouting “anti-Israel slogans”, the police said.
Around 900 officers were deployed to several demonstrations during the day, with the others passing mainly peacefully.
Israel pummeled the
Gaza Strip with air strikes, killing 10 members of an extended family and demolishing the 13-floor Gaza building on Sunday, AFP reported, with Palestinian militants firing back barrages of rockets.
More than 3,000 rockets have been fired into Israel over the past week, according to
Israeli occupation forces, which has launched hundreds of air strikes on Hamas and other Islamist groups in the crowded coastal enclave of Gaza.
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