2023-10-31 22:23:22
Riots broke out in Hamburg on Halloween evening – the police used water cannons. According to a police spokesman, 150 to 200 mostly young people initially gathered in the Harburg district on Tuesday. Their number then rose to 300 to 350. Firecrackers were thrown at emergency services. The police tried to push back the crowd with water cannons. The situation is not out of control, the spokesman said in the evening.
There were an as yet unknown number of arrests. Images showed a police water cannon discharging water and at least one burned-out garbage container. A dpa photographer reported that the police repeatedly asked the mostly young people to leave the area. When they did not comply with this request, water cannons were used to drive people out of the streets.
There were also incidents in the Lurup district in which, according to the police, around 50 young people were involved. They set off firecrackers – windows of a retail store were damaged and garbage containers were set on fire. There were also riots in other areas of Hamburg – but the focus was on Harburg. According to the police, the situation calmed down later in the evening.
A year ago, young rioters had already kept the police on the Harburger Ring in suspense – several people were temporarily taken into custody. A police spokesman said on Tuesday regarding the renewed riots: “We were prepared for it.”
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