RTL 5minutes – Luxembourg City: “Peaceful” demonstration over, eight arrests at Knuedler
According to police, crowds of people are gathering at Knuedler, in the city center of the capital. The neighborhood has been cordoned off for the safety of the public.
While a perimeter had been reserved for them and a first procession was to start from the central station, the organizers decided to play cat and mouse with the police by challenging them a second time.
According to witnesses on the spot, the Christmas markets in the city center have been temporarily closed to the public in order to avoid any endangerment of visitors, several hundred demonstrators are currently at Place Guillaume II (Knuedler) in front of the Hôtel de capital city. They were immediately taken care of by the police.
Police report crowds of people responding to the call for a protest. A witness on the spot speaks of several demonstrators whose megaphones were confiscated by the police. Shortly after 4 p.m., the demonstration was practically dissolved. The police remain in the city center.
A total of eight people were arrested in the context of Art. 5 or 14 of the Law of July 18, 2018 on the Grand Ducal Police. A report was drawn up against a person for rebellion.