[Iran Press TV Latest] Germany is recovering form the aftermath of its worst May Day violence in four years after rallies turned into violent anti-capitalism riots.
On Friday, Police fought with some 700 stone-throwing left-wing rioters in the capital, Berlin, where clashes lasted until pre-dawn hours on Saturday. Attackers torched cars, smashed shop windows, damaged banks and hurled flammable fluids and petrol bombs at security forces, injuring 237 police.
Authorities said 14 of the wounded were in critical condition.
The unrest ended with a total of 289 demonstrators detained on charges of inflicting bodily harm and rioting.
"The violence was more severe than in the past. But for the most part they were not motivated by politics. They only wanted violence," Berlin's Interior Minister Ehrhart Koerting told a news conference. |