Reichstag
5 Sep 2020
Protesters attempt to storm Germany's Reichstag parliament building as police try to push them back. Some 38,000 people, double the number expected, had gathered in Berlin on Saturday to protest restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and later in the day several hundred protesters broke through barriers and a police cordon to climb the steps leading to the entrance to the Reichstag.
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