Molotov Cocktails and Ten Arrests in Märkisches Viertel on Sunday Night

For the second consecutive evening, groups of young people in the Märkisches Viertel neighbourhood in north Berlin clashed with officers. On Sunday evening a crowd of roughly 120 youths, spread across several streets in the area, threw Molotov cocktails and stones at police. According to authorities, the incendiary devices ignited but caused no injuries. Around 80 officers were deployed. Ten juveniles were detained, among them a 14-year-old believed to be one of those who had thrown an incendiary. Police later reported that the situation had calmed and only small groups remained in the area. The previous night — Halloween — separate groups of youths had repeatedly thrown pyrotechnics and eggs at police on Wilhelmsruher Damm. A 13-year-old child was taken into custody, bus services in the area were suspended for several hours, and later that same evening fuel-filled plastic bottles and further pyrotechnics were hurled at officers.