Protesters hurled petrol bombs at police and targeted shops as a wave of violent unrest swept across Europe on Halloween.
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Berlin became the latest European capital to witness clashes as more than 3,500 demonstrators - many wearing costumes - descended on the streets, with flares, fireworks and glass bottles thrown at riot police.
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In Paris, an officer was engulfed in flames after being struck by a Molotov cocktail in an attack France's interior minister described as 'attempted murder'.
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The disorder follows weeks of student demonstrations across Europe.
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In France, protests over education funding have widened into a broader movement, while in Albania they have merged with demands for Prime Minister Edi Rama to resign.
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Young demonstrators' grievances range from high living costs to government spending cuts and poorly maintained schools.
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In Germany, they also fear conscription, viewing the introduction of voluntary military service as a possible step towards compulsory service.
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In Berlin, at least 56 people were arrested as protesters occupied tram lines, blocked roads and marched into the evening.
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Police used water cannons and pepper spray, with 27 officers injured.
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Youth protest group Gen-Z Regelt! - meaning Gen-Z has got this - had called demonstrations in 34 German cities on Saturday.
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An afternoon gathering beside Berlin's Brandenburg Gate passed largely peacefully.
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People try to break a window of a store selling weapons, during a nationwide protest by campaign group Gen Z regelt against underfunding of schools, cuts to education, social services, culture and healthcare, rising living costs, and military conscription, in Frankfurt
Flames rise on riot policemen after a Molotov cocktail was thrown as clashes occur between protesters and riot police during a demonstration against rising living costs and cuts to public services in Paris, France, 31 October 2026
Protesters stand next to waste bins on fire during an anti-government demonstration in central Tirana, Albania
In Berlin, the Daily Mail watched as one young man was tackled to the ground by around ten police officers and dragged away, leaving a puddle of blood on the doorstep of a shop
But violence erupted during a separate evening march involving other groups, including large numbers of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, under the banner 'Gen-Z has had enough!'
The Daily Mail watched as one young man was tackled to the ground by around ten police officers and dragged away, leaving a puddle of blood on the doorstep of a shop.
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Several others were also arrested, including at least one journalist reporting on the event.
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Protesters waved signs that read 'Time for resistance', and 'Merz must go', in reference to the country's Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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The party has seen growing success in the East of the country, winning a recent state election in Saxony-Anhalt.
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One man, a biology teacher, brought a deck chair to Rosenthalerplatz, where the Berlin march started.
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He was swiftly hit by an egg, but remained undeterred as he told the Mail that he had come to understand the concerns of his 18-year-old students.
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On the scenes of looting at French protests earlier this month, he added: 'Nobody needs so much luxury, but also, nobody has the right to destroy such stores.
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I don't think it's good what happened there, some people just like the violence.'
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By 7.30pm, officers said that all those who refused to go home would face water cannons and arrest.
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The crowds, meanwhile, chanted 'shame on you' and 'all police are b*******'.
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A French Gendarme who is partly burning runs in a street as facing protesters at the end of a protest march during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movemen
Police run past a trash dumpster set on fire by protesters in downtown Frankfurt
A person dressed in a Batman costume stands in front of a burning trash dumpster in downtown Frankfurt
Demonstrators pose with Halloween masks as they attend a protest under the slogan 'Gen Z Takes Care of It' in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026
Police officers take cover behind a vehicle with a molotov cocktail fire during an anti-government demonstration in central Tirana on October 31, 2026
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The protesters eventually trickled away, but officers remained on high alert on every street corner in the area.
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In Germany, student protests were followed by clashes in several cities, with police deploying water cannons in Frankfurt after officers were pelted with stones and firecrackers.
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At least one officer was injured during the unrest in the city, according to the local force.
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Police later arrested one person and seized two weapons after the windows of a gun shop in central Frankfurt were smashed.
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Officers secured the remaining weapons inside the premises.
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As the violence continued into the evening, the force urged anyone not taking part in the protests to stay away from the city centre, warning that Molotov cocktails were being thrown at emergency personnel.
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There were also reports of disorder in Cologne, where around 50 people were reportedly arrested following a demonstration in the city centre.
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German broadcaster RTL reported that groups wearing dark clothing had been kicking walls, shouting and throwing pyrotechnics.
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Water cannons were also used in Cologne and Hamburg, while officers in Leipzig deployed pepper spray.
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An officer in Bonn suffered minor injuries.
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In Bremen, police said a march that began peacefully descended into disorder when some participants set off pyrotechnics and insulted officers.
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Demonstrations were also held in Munich.
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Protesters in La Plaine Square set up barricades in the side streets on October 31, 2026 in Marseille, France
Thousands of protesters gather in the evening in La Plaine Square, set up barricades, and clashed with police on October 31, 2026 in Marseille, France
Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration organized by the 'GenZ regelt!' (Gen Z has got this!) initiative in Cologne, Germany
Berlin became the latest European capital to witness clashes as more than 3,500 demonstrators
In Berlin, at least 56 people were arrested as protesters occupied tram lines, blocked roads and marched into the evening.
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Police used water cannons and pepper spray, with 27 officers injured
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Protesters wearing Halloween costumes pose in front of the French national flag during a demonstration in Lyon, central-eastern France on October 31, 2026
People clash with police in front of the Ministry of Education during a demonstration asking for the Prime Minister resignation in Tirana, Albania
Pictured: Protestors dressed up for Halloween in Berlin
In Albania, footage from the capital Tirana showed demonstrators throwing petrol bombs and paving stones at police.
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Protests over insufficient education funding have become part of a wider movement demanding Rama's resignation, with demonstrations repeatedly descending into violence.
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Meanwhile, French police arrested five people accused of attempting to loot a Foot Locker store in Marseille.
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Police in the Bouches-du-Rhone prefecture said the suspects were caught trying to break into the shop's storerooms.
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