A protester displays a placard reading: “My life, my body, my decision” during a demonstration against restrictions imposed by the government to curb the spread of the new coronavirus on August 2, 2020 in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate amid the COVID-19 pandemic. John MACDOUGALL / AFPSome 45 police officers were injured in a wave of weekend demonstrations in Berlin including protests against coronavirus restrictions, police said as protesters gathered again in smaller numbers on Sunday.
The arrests were for offences including resisting police officers, breach of the peace and the use of unconstitutional symbols.Around 20,000 people took part in the “day of freedom” demonstration, the majority not wearing masks or respecting Germany’s 1.5-metre social distancing requirement. Police began dispersing the crowds in the late afternoon, but hundreds of protesters remained at the Brandenburg Gate late into the evening.In a separate anti-fascist demonstration in the southern Neukoelln district, protesters threw stones at police officers, let off fireworks and damaged two police vehicles and a local party office.
A few hundred protesters gathered to the west of the Brandenburg gate on Sunday, according to an AFP reporter at the scene, with the majority wearing masks and observing social distancing guidelines.
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