PROTESTERS THROW PETROL BOMBS AT POLICE
Frankfurt police reported violent disturbances including windows being smashed and petrol bombs, rocks and bottles being thrown at the emergency services.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, a member of the conservative Christian Social Union, said perpetrators would be identified and held to account.
“I expect there to be severe penalties. We are not prepared to accept, in the slightest, that such incidents and such rioting should take place here,” he told reporters on Sunday.
He accused “troublemakers from the immigrant community” of acting alongside left-wing extremists and other far-left groups, but did not provide evidence to support the claim or say which groups had joined the demonstrations.
Dobrindt said a policing strategy based on a large security presence and deployments across multiple locations had proved effective.
In France, protests continued largely peacefully for a third weekend after extensive riots and looting on October 17 damaged shops, public buildings and businesses.
Dobrindt said that border controls had been tightened ahead of the protests out of fear extremist groups from abroad could exploit them to stir riots.
