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The police did not have the personnel to make arrests

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Again and again there are riots in Zurich. Around February after the occupied Koch area was evacuated.

On the night of last Sunday, left-wing extremist demonstrators rioted again in the Langstrasse district of Zurich. Seven city police officers were injured, including the chief of operations. There was property damage of an unknown amount.

Zurich’s green police chief, Karin Rykart (52), subsequently condemned the violence in the strongest possible terms. Yesterday, she spoke at the Zurich City Council about a terrifying potential for violence. And how police officers were dehumanized for minutes. In addition, there were physical attacks on the emergency services.

Answers to questions about riots around Koch

The authorities were surprised by the readiness of the left-wing chaos to use violence. Not for the first time.

The riots around Koch in mid-February discredited Rykart. Outraged by the evacuation of the Koch area, which had been occupied for ten years, hundreds of people marched through the city. Including countless violent hooded. They sometimes used stones against emergency services. The result: major material damage.

The authorities admitted that they were not prepared for such an escalation. That led to a lot of criticism. SVP politicians accused the city of a “laissez-faire attitude” towards leftist protesters – and demanded an explanation for the escalation.

“Such attacks are unforeseeable”

In its response to the initiative, which was co-signed by 30 SVP and FDP city council members, the city council is accountable. When asked why local small businesses were not better protected, Rykart says: “Such attacks, carried out in seconds, cannot be foreseen, both in terms of location and time.”

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When asked why only four people were arrested during the February riots, Rykart replied: “Police action focuses on averting threats to third parties and reducing disturbances or eliminating them as quickly as possible.”

If more arrests were to be made at the same time, it would have tied up a significant number of emergency services. These, in turn, would be missing to contain the riots. In concrete terms, this means that the police did not have the personnel to make the arrests. (Okay)

Source:Blick

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