An incident on Rosenthaler Straße in Berlin saw calls for people to "flood the streets" from 6pm, during which videos show Kitty O'Brien clutching a mangled nose and lifting bloodied hands toward German police while shouting that "their blood is on your hands." The activist was dragged from the crowd and marched away by two male officers. The Berlin police have been accused of brutalising and leaving an Irish activist bloodied, with the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign calling the actions indefensible and demanding government intervention. Polizei Berlin reported the incident to its police watchdog for review.
The incident took place on Rosenthaler Straße in Berlin following calls for people to "flood the streets" in protest from 6pm on Thursday. A series of videos posted by 'irishblocberlin' on Instagram show Kitty O'Brien clutching their mangled nose, before lifting their bloodied hands to German police, while shouting "their blood is on your hands". The Palestine Liberation activist is then seen being dragged from the crowd and marched away by two male police officers.
The Berlin police have been accused of "brutalising and leaving an Irish activist bloodied", with The Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign group describing their actions as "indefensible". "This is the latest shameful incident in a laundry list of brutal attacks on peaceful Palestine protestors," they added. "Germany is broadcasting to the world their complicity in genocide in both word and deed. "Kitty was simply protesting and doing their duty in upholding international law, an obligation that the German state repeatedly chooses to ignore."
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