German police evicted people from one of the last remaining squatted buildings in the country’s capital, Berlin, on Wednesday.
Around 2,000 police were deployed to evict the 25 squatters holding up in the building located in the former East Berlin.
The building has been at the center of a long-standing dispute between squatters and developers, according to the BBC.
The building was inhabited by squatters for the first time in 1990. After years of legal battles an eviction order was served two years ago.
An estimated 1,000 protesters supporting the squatters gathered outside of the building. “The people attacked, beat, and sprayed fire extinguishers at the police officers,” a police spokesperson told Reuters.
While Germany was once home to a large squatting scene, it has largely diminished over the past years with many squatters reaching rental agreements and police enforcing anti-squatting measures.
Around 2,000 police were deployed to evict the 25 squatters holding up in the building located in the former East Berlin.
The building has been at the center of a long-standing dispute between squatters and developers, according to the BBC.
The building was inhabited by squatters for the first time in 1990. After years of legal battles an eviction order was served two years ago.
An estimated 1,000 protesters supporting the squatters gathered outside of the building. “The people attacked, beat, and sprayed fire extinguishers at the police officers,” a police spokesperson told Reuters.
While Germany was once home to a large squatting scene, it has largely diminished over the past years with many squatters reaching rental agreements and police enforcing anti-squatting measures.
