Explosion Injures 15 German Police Officers

A "homemade shrapnel grenade" exploded at a demonstration in Berlin, Germany on Saturday, injuring 15 police officers, two of them seriously. Thousands of people were gathered to protest the German government's plan to cut millions of dollars from federal programs, a move they said would increase the gap between the rich and the poor.

Police told reporters that officers were pelted with stones, bottles and then the explosive, which contained shards of glass or metal. They said it was thrown from the direction of a group of anti-capitalist protesters.

In this video, you can see the explosion at 0:33.



User name: funkstrahl
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date uploaded: June 13
Event date: June 12
Views: 52,241
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This video was show closer to the explosion, which happens around 0:49.



User name: groooveman85
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date uploaded: June 13
Event date: June 12
Views: 859
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