(1 May 2017) Police made multiple arrests in Berlin on Monday after far-left demonstrators threw bottles at officers and small skirmishes ensued.
Police said they used pepper spray to subdue some protesters, who also allegedly used flag poles to attack officers.
The dpa news agency reports that about 8,000 demonstrators took part in a two-hour march, of whom about 300 were violent.
Some 5,400 police officers were on hand at the march and in other places around the city.
Elsewhere in Berlin, more than 200,000 people took part in a traditional May Day festival, and some 14,000 participated in a labor rally.
Thousands of others took parts in events at other cities in the country.
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