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Gen Z protests sweep Germany as violence erupts in major cities
Tens of thousands of young people protested across 34 German cities on Saturday demanding better education and lower living costs, but violence and looting broke out in several cities as evening fell.
Tens of thousands of young people joined demonstrations organised by 'Gen Z regelt' across 34 German cities on Saturday, including Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich, demanding better education, lower living costs and an end to compulsory military service. The protests were largely peaceful during the day, with police reporting around 18,000 participants across major cities, well below the roughly 36,000 expected by organisers. However, violence erupted in the evening in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin as some groups refused to disperse. In Frankfurt, rioters smashed shop windows, looted stores and threw Molotov cocktails at police, who responded with water cannons and pepper spray. Hesse's interior minister said around 100 left-wing extremists had instigated the violence. Gen Z regelt distanced itself from the riots, with spokesperson Lina Friedrich stating the movement stood 'for peace and freedom, rather than for war and coercion', and called for further protests on 14 November.
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