German police fire water cannon during tense 'Gen Z' protests
German police fired a water cannon to disperse firework-hurling protesters on Saturday and were also pelted with other projectiles, as tensions rose at the end of massive youth-led protests. In Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and dozens of other cities, demonstrators turned out for the protests organised by the group ‘GenZ regelt!’ (GenZ has got this), the latest by disillusioned youth in Europe. Thousands of police were deployed across the country and, after mostly peaceful demonstrations, tensions rose in the evening in some places. In the western city of Cologne, where one of the biggest…
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[Claude] Both reports cover the same Saturday German Gen Z protests and police clashes as Report 1, with no conflicting facts visible in the excerpts.
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2h agoGerman police fire water cannon during tense 'Gen Z' protests German police fired a water cannon to disperse firework-hurling protesters on Saturday and were also pelted with other projectiles, as tensions rose at the end of massive youth-led protests. In Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne and dozens of other cities, demonstrators turned out for the protests organised by the group ‘GenZ regelt!’ (GenZ has got this), the latest by disillusioned youth in Europe. Thousands of police were deployed across the country and, after mostly peaceful demonstrations, tensions rose in the evening in some places. In the western city of Cologne, where one of the biggest…
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