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Marian Offman, former deputy chair of the Jewish community of Munich and Upper Bavaria, clashed verbally with the demonstrators at the anti-government rally in the Bavarian state capital.
Marian Offman says he called demonstrator who made Nazi reference an 'asshole' before being dragged away by officers; local lawmaker demands police explain their conduct
Two trains in have collided in Munich, Germany, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more.
Updated June 16 Greenpeace apologizes over parachuting protester Munich police are investigating after a man injured two people before Germany’s game against France at the European Championship. By CIARÁN FAHEYAssociated Press Share MUNICH — Greenpeace has apologized and Munich police are investigating after a protester parachuted into the stadium and injured two people before Germany’s game against France at the European Championship. The protester used a powered paraglider with a motor attached to his back but lost control and hit overhead camera wires attached to the stadium roof,...
“The snipers already had him in their sights,” said Bavaria’s interior minister Joachim Herrmann. “If the police had come to the conclusion that it was a terrorist attack, he would have paid for it with his life.” Only the large Greenpeace logo emblazoned on the yellow canopy of the parachute microlight saved him, he said. Greenpeace spokesperson Benjamin Stephan apologised for the botched protest and the injuries caused, saying that the plan had been to fly over the stadium and not to land in it. “The paraglider didn’t want to go into the stadium yesterday. The pilot wanted to ...