Violence erupts at protest against Berlin camp eviction
By DW
24 October 2021 |
10:39 am
Police say officers were attacked and cars torched as thousands of people gathered in opposition to the clearance of the radical left-wing Köpi-Platz encampment in central Berlin.
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