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Several people were injured when
far-left protesters clashed with police on Friday evening in
Leipzig, eastern Germany, where more demonstrations are expected
despite a ban. Protestors set up road blocks, started fires and
threw projectiles at security forces from rooftops and on the
streets to protest prison terms handed out to four far-left
activists, police said. Several police and a reporter were
injured and three of the hundreds of demonstrators were
arrested, they said. "We have launched inquires into public
disorder, dangerous injuries, assaults on police officers,
damage to property and the illegal use of explosives," Leipzig
police tweeted Saturday. Far-left activists called on social
media for a national day of action in Leipzig on Saturday,
despite a ban by local authorities. The unrest comes after a
court in Dresden, Saxony, on Wednesday sentenced a student from
Leipzig and three other far-left militants to several years in
prison. Lina F. and the other three were found guilty of violent
attacks on neo Nazis and alleged far-right supporters between
2018 and 2020. Since 2020, when the Leipzig student was remanded
in custody, the slogan "Free Lina" has featured regularly at
left-wing protests, German media said. lep/gil/ach
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