After the violent clashes between Kurds and Turks, the police are now investigating. The rally on Saturday evening was initially quiet.
One went until late Saturday evening without incident Rally of Kurdish and left-wing activists in Vienna favorites. Around 1,500 people took part in the demonstration, which moved from Columbusplatz to the Turkish embassy. “So far everything is peaceful. Let’s hope it stays that way, ”said police spokesman Patrick Maierhofer to the“ Press am Sonntag ”.
The government intervened on Saturday after violent clashes between the demonstrators and nationalist Turks in the days before. The Chancellor commissioned the ministers Karl Nehammer (interior), Susanne Raab (integration) and Alexander Schallenberg (exterior) with measures, it said on Saturday from Sebastian Kurz’s office.
Police are now taking action against the backers of the riots. In addition, a conversation with representatives of all relevant Turkish clubs is sought. Turkish ambassador Ozan Ceyhun, who described the demonstrators on Twitter as “supporters of terrorist organizations”, will be invited to the Foreign Ministry for a talk on Monday. The documentation center for religiously motivated political extremism (political Islam) should start operating in the summer. “We will not allow conflicts from Turkey to be violently resolved on our streets,” said the Chancellor. Mayor Michael Ludwig spoke of incidents that would not be tolerated.
Injured police officer and two arrests
Most recently, there were violent clashes at a Kurdish demonstration with 500 participants, which was disturbed by Turks and supported by left-wing activists. Vice Mayor Birgit Hebein (Greens) was also spotted in the crowd. There were two arrests and one police officer was injured. Incidentally, it was demonstrated “against the aggressions and attacks of Turkish nationalist and Islamist groups” in recent days, the activists said.
According to the police, Turkish counter-demonstrators tried to enter the assembly in small groups. As on Thursday, the provocateurs were probably members of the fascist Turkish group “Gray Wolves”. The forbidden Turkish “wolf salute” was also seen.
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