Clashes with pepper spray and firecrackers: over 40 thousand in Vienna against vaccine and lockdown
VIENNA. They have been more than 40 thousand demonstrators took to the square today a Vienna To protest against anti-Covid measures, mostly against the vaccine and the confinement. There are many receipt verified between demonstrators and police. Since the government announced the introduction of thevaccination obligation in fact the protest resumed loudly, supported primarily by far-right party Fpö (Austrian Freedom Party), especially against the obligation to vaccinate. This reports the Austrian newspaper Der Standard.
According to information from the Austrian Interior Ministry for this weekend they were registered 40 events linked to the management of the pandemic. The biggest one was today’s one, organized in the heart of Vienna, in particular around Heldenplatz.
The far right party Fpö (Austrian Freedom Party) today supported the cause and the demonstrators against the obligation to vaccinate. Many adherents of the no-vax movement and to that Querdenken, of Lateral Thinking.
come report Der Standard around 16 the police recorded more than 10 thousand, while only about an hour later over 40 thousand. They were instead 1,200 policemen in service, which they used sprinkle with chilli on the protesters, in response to the launch of pyrotechnic devices. According to eyewitnesses, there were violent clashes with the police near the station Landstraße underground. many sanctions among those present for not respecting the obligation to wear a mask.
The traffic was blocked for several hours due to the numerous marches: the police closed it Schwedenbrücke and the Marienbrücke. Among the different parades it also presents the left counter-demonstration starting from Stephanplatz with approx 1,500 people, according to police data.