Crowds of black-clad protesters have taken to the streets, launching fireworks, torching an effigy of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and clashing with cops.
A whole lot of black-clad protesters clashed with police on the streets of Copenhagen on Saturday evening, capturing fireworks on the officers and getting batons in return. Violent demonstrations have change into a weekly prevalence within the Danish capital, the place lockdown measures have been prolonged in the beginning of the yr and the place the federal government not too long ago clamped down additional on the scale of gatherings permitted.
The group, calling themselves the ‘Males in Black’, torched an effigy of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. By the top of the evening, not less than 5 folks have been arrested, Copenhagen police stated on Twitter.
Earlier within the night, RT’s video information company Ruptly filmed ranks of protesters marching behind a banner studying “Black Clad Resistance.” Carrying flaming torches, the protesters set off flares, with some demonstrators cracking open cans of beer, evidently treating the march as a celebration.
Nevertheless, any festive temper was quickly damaged when clashes broke out. Armored riot police could possibly be seen chasing and tackling some protesters to the bottom as sirens echoed overhead.
Comparable scenes have been reported two weeks in the past, when police arrested 9 protesters in Copenhagen, after being pelted with fireworks and empty bottles.
Amid the lockdown, Denmark is urgent forward with a program of mass vaccination. As of final week, round 2.5 p.c of the nation’s 5.8 million residents have been vaccinated. Almost 195,000 circumstances of Covid-19 have been reported in Denmark, together with 1,970 deaths, in accordance with figures from Johns Hopkins College.
Circumstances in Denmark have declined steadily from their mid-December excessive of round 4,000 per day, although deaths have continued to trace upwards. Because the vaccination program continues, the Danish Well being Ministry introduced plans to roll out a digital ‘vaccine passport’ early this yr.
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