Demonstrations across more than 30 German cities on Saturday turned to rioting in the evening, and Frankfurt am Main saw the worst of it, with more than 100 police officers injured, Roman Poseck, the interior minister of the state of Hesse, told a press conference, as reported by dpa. Police detained 54 people in Frankfurt, aged 13 to 29, and rioters damaged 17 shops, looting five of them. In Berlin, 27 officers were injured after pyrotechnics, bottles and eggs were thrown at police during a march, barricades were set on fire in Hamburg, and police used water cannon in Cologne.
Frankfurt riots injure over 100 police, shops looted
More than 100 police officers were injured in riots in Frankfurt am Main on Saturday night, Hesse's interior minister said, after demonstrations in more than 30 German cities turned violent in places, with 54 people detained in Frankfurt and five shops looted.
Why it matters: The Frankfurt clashes were the worst of a nationwide Saturday of demonstrations in Germany, landing on the same weekend as France's third round of cost of living protests and putting street violence at the centre of politics in both countries.
Data as of TASS report of November 1, 2026, in Russian, read in full in this run via the live browser, reporting dpa's account of a press conference by Roman Poseck, interior minister of the state of Hesse. Single source chain, and the report did not state what the Saturday demonstrations were about. Developing item.
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- More than 100 police officers injured in riots in Frankfurt am Main - TASS, in Russian, reporting dpa - 2026-11-01