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Dialuna 3 Mei 2021

Over 90 German police injured in May Day riots

lies took place in the Ger- throwing of bottles and scattered violence, with riot
man capital on Saturday and rocks, the burning barricades officers targeted by small
the vast majority of them on the streets and especially groups of violent demonstra-
were peaceful. However, a the violence toward police. tors who tossed projectiles
leftist march of 8,000 people and trash bins. Police made
through the city's Neukoelln "The high number of injured 56 arrests — 46 of them in
and Kreuzberg neighbor- officer leaves me stunned. I Paris, the Interior Ministry
hood, which has seen clashes wish all of those who were said Sunday. It said six offi-
in past decades, turned vio- injured in the line of duty a cers suffered injuries, three
lent. Protesters threw bottles quick recovery," he said. of them in Paris.
and rocks at officers, and
burned garbage cans and There's a nightly curfew in The CGT labor union that
wooden pallets in the streets. most parts of Germany be- organized the main Paris
cause of the high number of march said violent dem-
"Violence against police offi- coronavirus infections, but onstrators also targeted its
cers and a blind, destructive political protests and reli- marchers at the end of the
rage has nothing to do with gious gatherings are exempt rally, showering them with
(AP) — At least 93 police turned violent, the city's political protest," Berlin state from the curfew. projectiles, blows and ho-
officers were injured and top security official said interior minister Andreas mophobic, sexist and racist
354 protesters were de- Sunday. Geisel said. In France, May Day marches insults. The union said 21 of
tained after traditional in Paris and the southern city its participants were injured,
May Day rallies in Berlin More than 20 different ral- Geisel condemned the of Lyon were also marred by four seriously.

UK rushes to increase aid to India's health care system

(AP) — Britain rushed Narendra Modi, on Tuesday Britain, where 1.4 million
to increase aid for India's to discuss further coopera- people have Indian roots.
teetering health care sys- tion between the two coun-
tem on Sunday, promis- tries, the U.K. government "The terrible images we have
ing more ventilators and said in statement. seen in India in recent weeks
expert advice as doctors are all the more powerful be-
grapple with a surge in India recorded 392,488 new cause of the close and endur-
coronavirus infections infections, down from a high ing connection between the
that is killing thousands of of more than 400,000 in the people of the U.K. and In-
people a day. previous 24 hours. It also dia,'' Johnson said.
reported 3,689 deaths, rais-
The U.K. government said it ing overall virus fatalities to "I am deeply moved by the
will send an additional 1,000 215,542. Experts believe both surge of support the Brit-
ventilators to India. In ad- figures are undercounts. ish people have provided to
dition, England's National the people of India and am
Health Service, which has The new round of govern- pleased the U.K. government
battled one of the worst CO- ment aid comes in addition has been able to play our part
VID-19 outbreaks in Europe, to the 200 ventilators, 495 ox- in providing life-saving assis- miles) on stationary bikes — pounds to buy oxygen con-
is creating an advisory group ygen concentrators and three tance." roughly the distance from centrators, which extract ox-
to share its expertise with In- oxygen generation units the London to Delhi — in 48 ygen from the air. Sikh group
dian authorities. U.K. said it was sending to At the U.K.'s largest Hindu hours. Khalsa Aid raised money
India last week. temple, volunteers are try- to buy 200 boxes of oxygen
Prime Minister Boris John- ing to raise 500,000 pounds The British Asian Trust, a concentrators that Virgin At-
son plans a video meeting Private fundraising efforts are ($690,000) by racking up charity founded by Prince lantic flew to Delhi free of
with his Indian counterpart, also taking place throughout 7,600 kilometers (4,722 Charles, raised 1.5 million charge on Saturday.

Two arrested after trespassing near Prince Andrew's home

(AP) — Police have ar- receiving a report of tres- Britain's Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II. was having lunch with the
rested two people after passers near the home of the second-oldest son of monarch's son.
Thames Valley Police said
a 29-year-old woman and a The woman managed to get
31-year-old man, both from into the home, but was de-
London, were arrested after tained after asking a member
a report of intruders on the of staff where Andrew was
grounds of the Royal Lodge and saying that she was his
in Windsor Great Park on fiancée, the newspaper said.
April 25. Police said there Thames Valley Police said the
was no risk to anyone at the woman was detained under
lodge, Andrew's official resi- the Mental Health Act.
dence.
Andrew shares the home
Police were also called to the with his former wife, Sarah,
Royal Lodge on April 19. the Duchess of York.

The Sun newspaper reported Andrew, 61, has largely kept
that during the earlier inci- out of the public eye since
dent, a 43-year-old woman 2019 amid controversy over
spent 20 minutes on the his friendship with the late
grounds of the lodge after American convicted sex of-
telling security guards she fender Jeffrey Epstein.