In Berlin, arrested 289 participants Pervomaysky disorder.

The massive demonstrations in Berlin, which took place on 1 May, accompanied by a large number of riots and acts of hooliganism in recent years. Force Protection Law Enforcement arrested 289 people in numerous clashes injured 273 police officers, reported Agence France-Presse.
The Minister of Internal Affairs in Berlin Erhard Kerting admitted that the authorities attempted to give speeches Pervomaysky more peaceful and reduce the number of offenses have been unsuccessful. He accused the rioters of hooligans who, according to the Minister, acting not from political conviction.
On the morning in Berlin, a group of young people participating in demonstrations leftist organizations that ran the fireworks, setting fire to cars and boxes of debris, throwing bottles at police and stones. To sort out the city authorities had to bring a significant police force. On the damage of Pervomaysky share information has been received.
Clashes demonstrators as radical right, and left-wing, with the security forces have also taken place in Dortmund, Ulm, Mainz. In Hamburg, police detained the 23 most active participants in the riots.
According to the union, in processions and demonstrations, which were mostly peaceful in nature, was attended by about half a million people in Germany. They were protesting against the effects of the deepest in the past decade of economic recession, which is Europe.