The German
city of Stuttgart, home to Mercedes Benz, has begun cleaning up after a night
of "unprecedented" violence. The unrest erupted on Saturday
night and early Sunday morning after police started carrying out drug checks at
the city's main square, Schlossplatz.
Eyewitnesses told DW that everything escalated after a teen
tried to run away from the police and officers chased him. At that moment,
partiers from other groups stepped in "out of solidarity" with the
teen and began attacking police.
Videos that circulated on social media showed rioters
hurling cobble stones and other objects at police vehicles. In one video, a man
runs at a police officer kneeling on the ground and kicks him in his side,
knocking the officer down as others could be heard cheering him on. Nineteen
officers were wounded in the violence.
The clashes spilled over into the shopping district, where
rioters smashed storefronts. Several shops were looted, including a jewelry
store, mobile phone shop, and sporting goods shop. An estimated 500 people,
many of them teens or young adults, were involved. Twenty-four suspects were
eventually arrested.
The unrest has residents, and some of the youths who were
present, left wondering: How did things get so out of hand?
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