Frankfurt Anti-Capitalist Demonstration Attracts 20,000 Marchers
By Karin Matussek -
2012-05-20T12:45:10Z
An anti-capitalist rally in Frankfurt attracted about 20,000 protesters and was largely peaceful, police said.
While about 1,000 members of the so-called Black Bloc militant group were part of yesterday’s demonstration, there was no serious violence, according to a statement on the website of the Frankfurt police. One person was arrested and later released, police said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Karin Matussek in Berlin at kmatussek@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Anthony Aarons at aaarons@Bloomberg.net.
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