Four police officers were injured during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin at the weekend, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday.
A total of 49 police officers were also deprived of their liberty during the demonstration on Saturday, she added, noting that 39 criminal proceedings against demonstrators were initiated.
At the rally in the districts of Neukölln and Kreuzberg, which was attended by around 1,500 people at its peak, participants repeatedly chanted pro-Palestinian slogans. Police said what they described as an anti-Semitic statement was also shouted loudly over a loudspeaker van.
When the rally ended in the evening, individual demonstrators threw bottles at police officers. The injured officers were able to remain on duty, the police reported.
Investigations are now under way into offences against the Freedom of Assembly Act, attempted release of detainees and assault on law enforcement officers.
Since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on October 7, there have been repeated demonstrations in Berlin in connection with the Gaza war, several of which have involved altercations with police.
