Hooded activists rushed against the Bundeswehr on Wednesday. Soldiers were cursed as murderers.
It is pure hatred of our Bundeswehr! “Soldiers are murderers” and “blood is on your hands” shouted the hooded activists, while soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan were honored on Wednesday before the Reichstag.
Under the motto “Germany is arsonist”, a left alliance called for the “anti-militarist demonstration”. In the run-up to the event, the Internet was in a good mood and massive protests against the tattoo were announced.
But instead of the 300 participants registered with the police, just 130 demonstrators came together. The train started at 6 p.m. at Hallesches Tor (Kreuzberg) underground station, ran via Friedrichstrasse and Leipziger Strasse to Ebertstrasse – in the immediate vicinity of the Zapfenstreich.
The activists were even allowed to walk as far as the Reichstagswiese. However, the event site remained largely cordoned off.
The Afghanistan soldiers were denigrated with confused accusations from a loudspeaker car. “It was never the aim of the military to make Afghanistan safer,” claimed a spokeswoman for the “Initiative against the EU border regime”.
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On the train, the soldiers were repeatedly insulted as murderers. And “Köpi remains” chants could be heard all the time. The left-wing scene has been mobilizing for weeks against the planned evacuation of the wagons on Köpenicker Strasse (center).
The police will block the surrounding streets as early as Thursday and prepare for possible riots. The occupied house “Köpi” and the adjoining wagon castle are, along with Rigaer94 (Friedrichshain), the last showpieces of the violent left-wing scene in the capital.
Big thanks for the effort
Closing roll call in the Berlin Bendlerblock for our Afghanistan returnees! The end of the 20-year mission with the takeover of power by the Taliban was bitter, but Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised the efforts of the troops: “The Bundeswehr has done everything that politics told it to do.”
The 59 German soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan would have paid the highest price, said Steinmeier: “We are deeply indebted.” In the evening there was a big tattoo in honor of the soldiers – with the leaders of German politics.