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POLICE in Germany have reported sporadic violence at demonstrations against pandemic restrictions, with one protester in the eastern town of Lichtenstein biting an officer and another attempting to steal a service weapon.
Tens of thousands of people in total took to the streets in scores of German towns and cities for weekly marches that organisers labelled “strolls” in a bid to bypass restrictions on public gatherings.
Most of the rallies passed off peacefully, though many broke rules on social distancing, prompting officers to intervene.
Police in the eastern state of Saxony said that the incident in Lichtenstein on Monday night had occurred when officers tried to pull about 60 people out of a march to check their identities.
“One person attempted to seize an officer’s service weapon and another police officer suffered a bite wound from a participant of the gathering,” a statement said.
Meanwhile, Germany relaxed restrictions on travel from Britain, South Africa and seven other southern African countries that had been imposed following the emergence of the new omicron variant of coronavirus.