BERLIN (AP) — Swiss police used rubber bullets to disperse protesters in entrance of the Iranian Embassy in Bern after two males climbed over the embassy’s fence and pulled down the Iranian flag from a flag pole within the yard.
Police stated late Saturday that no person was injured and that the “giant crowd” of protesters was dispersed after the usage of rubber bullets The 2 protesters who entered the embassy’s premises had been detained, in keeping with police within the Swiss capital.
Police stated they used rubber bullets after a number of different protesters on the unauthorized demonstration tried following the 2 males who had first entered the embassy’s yard and in addition tried accessing the premises.
It wasn’t instantly clear if extra protesters had been detained.
Hundreds of Iranians have taken to the streets during the last two weeks in protests over the demise of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl who had been detained by the morality police within the capital, Tehran, for allegedly carrying her obligatory Islamic headband too loosely.
Outdoors of Iran, hundreds of protesters have additionally staged demonstrations in European nations and elsewhere over the demise of Amini. They’ve additionally expressed anger over the therapy of girls and wider repression within the Islamic Republic.