Possibly left-wing extremists
Riots in Leipzig – hooded people throw windows from mosque
The police in Leipzig have not yet released any exact details about the riots on Monday evening (symbol picture)
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Around 100 hooded people marched through the east of Leipzig on Monday evening and rioted. They also attacked a mosque. Is there a connection to corona protests?
A mosque in Leipzig was attacked by rioters. The attack occurred on Monday evening and possibly took place in the course of protests against the corona policy in the east of the urban area, which also resulted in riots.
Four windows were smashed in the mosque, said a police spokesman on Monday evening. Along the nearby Eisenbahnstraße in the district of Volkmarsdorf, the group would have set fire to trash cans. The police took 11 people into custody.
Riots in Leipzig with stones and pyrotechnics
According to the police, the demonstrators also damaged cars and stones and paint bags were thrown at a police car. The rioters also ignited pyrotechnics.
According to the information, the emergency services identified several possible suspects, and eleven people were taken into custody in the evening. However, the officials did not initially provide any further details. This also applied to an assessment of a possible political background to the demonstration. According to media reports, the demonstration was said to have been a gathering of suspected left-wing extremists, in which an estimated one hundred people took part.
In Leipzig and the surrounding area, according to the police, there were again protests on Monday by opponents of the campaigns to contain the corona pandemic, who were out in small groups in different places in the city in the evening. There were no rallies, however, and there were no incidents during the other protests.
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