https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Film footage showing German cops kicking and punching a suspect in Frankfurt last weekend has fuelled a debate about whether violence and racism are problems in German policing. https://www.thelocal.de/20200820/videos-of-police-violence-fire-debate-about-german-cops Thu, 20 Aug 2020 19:25:42 +0200 videos-of-police-violence-fire-debate-about-german-cops Residents tearfully embraced each other and laid flowers Thursday in the German city of Hanau after a gunman with suspected far-right beliefs killed nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/germany-city-hanau-mourns-after-mass-shooting Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:51:44 +0100 germany-city-hanau-mourns-after-mass-shooting One person has died and four more were injured in a shooting in the central Berlin borough of Kreuzberg on Friday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20200215/one-dead-several-injured-in-berlin-shooting Sat, 15 Feb 2020 12:14:15 +0100 one-dead-several-injured-in-berlin-shooting The German football federation says it is "dismayed and shocked" by a spate of attacks on referees as one match official recovered in hospital after a vicious assault. https://www.thelocal.de/20191031/a-problem-that-touches-all-of-society-german-federation-dismayed-over-referee-attacks Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:40:10 +0100 a-problem-that-touches-all-of-society-german-federation-dismayed-over-referee-attacks Gamers at the industry's biggest fair in Europe have taken aim at US President Donald Trump's assertions that violence in video games was partly to blame for recent mass shootings. https://www.thelocal.de/20190823/gamers-in-cologne-take-aim-at-trumps-criticism-of-virtual-violence Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:53:09 +0200 gamers-in-cologne-take-aim-at-trumps-criticism-of-virtual-violence More than 70 years after the end of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism remains entrenched in German society, Berlin's top legal expert on the matter says, admitting victims sometimes struggle to obtain justice. https://www.thelocal.de/20190326/anti-semitism-deeply-rooted-in-german-society-prosecutor Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:29:40 +0100 anti-semitism-deeply-rooted-in-german-society-prosecutor A flashmob gathering in central Frankfurt descended into chaos with teenagers hurling stones at police officers, German authorities said Sunday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190324/police-stoned-as-frankfurt-flashmob-descends-into-chaos Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:53:19 +0100 police-stoned-as-frankfurt-flashmob-descends-into-chaos Police in Berlin on Sunday were investigating two separate assaults against young girls believed to have been motived by anti-migrant hatred. https://www.thelocal.de/20190210/berlin-man-punched-two-migrant-girls-in-the-face Sun, 10 Feb 2019 17:54:08 +0100 berlin-man-punched-two-migrant-girls-in-the-face After four young asylum seekers reportedly attacked pedestrians at random in Amberg in northern Bavaria, far-right “neighbourhood defence groups” have started patrolling the streets of the town, according to German media reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20190103/far-right-militias-patrol-bavarian-town-after-asylum-seeker-attack Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:05:29 +0100 far-right-militias-patrol-bavarian-town-after-asylum-seeker-attack Eight German police officers were injured late Saturday night as concert-goers at a far-right concert flung bottles and stones at them, as the country witnesses an upsurge in anti-immigrant protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20181007/eight-police-hurt-in-clashes-at-far-right-gig-in-germany Sun, 07 Oct 2018 15:39:26 +0200 eight-police-hurt-in-clashes-at-far-right-gig-in-germany More than 1000 residents of the western German city of Bonn attended a rally in support of an Israeli professor who fell victim to an anti-Semitic attack. Many demonstrators showed solidarity with the Jewish community by wearing a kippah. https://www.thelocal.de/20180720/bonn-residents-wear-kippah-in-solidarity-with-jewish-attack-victim Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:02:18 +0200 bonn-residents-wear-kippah-in-solidarity-with-jewish-attack-victim A 34-year old woman was fatally stabbed by an as-yet unidentified man in the centre of the east German city of Zittau on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20180613/woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-centre-of Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:32:38 +0200 woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-centre-of According to a recent study, one in three German primary schools have reported violence against teachers. Across all German schools, half have reported psychological violence against educators. https://www.thelocal.de/20180502/physical-violence-against-teachers-reported-at-every-third-primary-school-study Wed, 02 May 2018 16:43:51 +0200 physical-violence-against-teachers-reported-at-every-third-primary-school-study A 15-year-old boy died on Monday evening in the southern town of Passau after being beaten by a group of youths. https://www.thelocal.de/20180417/teenager-beaten-to-death-during-fight-in-southern-germany Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:49:22 +0200 teenager-beaten-to-death-during-fight-in-southern-germany German police broke up a mass brawl after around 60 supporters of Bayern Munich and rivals Paris Saint-Germain clashed at Munich's main railway station ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match. https://www.thelocal.de/20171205/mass-brawl-at-munich-central-station-as-rival-football-fans-clash Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:50:17 +0100 mass-brawl-at-munich-central-station-as-rival-football-fans-clash A new campaign by the helpline "Gewalt Gegen Frauen", meaning “Violence Against Women”, hopes to have a big effect, although the displays themselves are only a few centimetres tall. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/pint-sized-campaign-to-combat-violence-against-women-makes-a-big-impact-in-hamburg Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:15:25 +0200 pint-sized-campaign-to-combat-violence-against-women-makes-a-big-impact-in-hamburg The G20 summit of 20 leading world economies begins on Friday in Hamburg. Anti-capitalist demonstrators have already gathered in the city, and not all have peaceful intentions, police warn. https://www.thelocal.de/20170706/this-is-how-likely-things-are-to-get-violent-in-hamburg-at-the-g20 Thu, 06 Jul 2017 12:37:22 +0200 this-is-how-likely-things-are-to-get-violent-in-hamburg-at-the-g20 After the Interior Ministry published figures on Monday showing that violent crime shot up in 2016, Germany's main police union has called for more officers. https://www.thelocal.de/20170425/police-union-demands-20000-new-cops-to-fight-violent-crime Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:53:32 +0200 police-union-demands-20000-new-cops-to-fight-violent-crime German media reported this week that government figures to be released on Monday will show increases in violent and sexual crimes, as well as that the the number of break-ins dropped for the first time in a decade. https://www.thelocal.de/20170421/violent-crimes-rose-break-ins-dropped-in-2016-media-reports Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:47:30 +0200 violent-crimes-rose-break-ins-dropped-in-2016-media-reports Germany recorded more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year, according to new interior ministry figures, amounting to an average of nearly 10 acts of anti-migrant violence a day. https://www.thelocal.de/20170227/seven-refugees Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:12:44 +0100 seven-refugees