Left-wing protesters wanted to gather to protest a jail term given to a woman for attacking neo-Nazis. Despite court bans, police first tried to accommodate the protest, but broke it up when officers came under attack.
Several police officers were injured in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Saturday in clashes with left-wing protesters.
Leipzig police spokesman Olaf Hoppe described the situation as “very dynamic,” with “sometimes massive clashes here in the south of Leipzig.”
He said that “roughly 1,500 people” turned up to the demonstration, even though several courts had refused to authorize it.
#BREAKING: German police confirm journalists and police officers injured in overnight clashes between police and Antifa extremists in eastern German city of Leipzig; massive police operation underway ahead today’s banned left-wing "Day X" protest pic.twitter.com/OtFDU8zvFS
— I.E.N. (@BreakingIEN) June 3, 2023
