In Vienna to demonstrate, tens of thousands – in spite of the Corona-risk. On the Internet, spectacular images of the Demo are circulating.

Black Lives Matter *: In Vienna approximately 50,000 people go to the streets and demonstrate. The action was called after the violent death of the African-American George Floyd* the white US police officer Derek Chauvin to life. Recently Austria the output restrictions in the Corona-crisis .

Munich/Vienna – In a time of Corona * are the truly spectacular images from the Austrian capital. In Vienna on Thursday in the pouring rain, estimated up to 50,000 people against racism, discrimination and police went violent on the street.

George Floyd: tens of thousands of go for Black Lives Matter on the street

And, after the Alpine Republic had just Recently gotten the Coronavirus pandemic* in the handle. Initially, the police had expected more than 10,000 participants, reported the Austrian news website krone.at.

Accordingly, the police had to leave unexpectedly drifting crowds of people grant and the number of participants in the Demonstration, ultimately, up to 50,000 estimated.

Black Lives Matter in Vienna after the death of George Floyd in the United States

“The Demo in Vienna is so incredibly huge. I can’t appreciate times more. There are some tens of thousands,“ wrote a user with Twitter .

Vice-mayor Birgit Hebein told in the short message service, a Video of the event and wrote: “thousands came in #Vienna, on the square of human rights, in order to show solidarity with # black live matter , and to set a strong sign against racism .”

another Twitter User said of the Protest: “ Vienna . The city, the mouth, when it matters.“ The action # black live matter was founded after the violent death of the African-American George Floyd by the white police officer Derek Chauvin * in the USA.

Black Lives Matter in Vienna: Austria lifted the Corona-restrictions

While it remained in the metropolis on the Danube, peaceful, there had been around in the government district of the English capital, London clashes between protesters and the police .

In Vienna was a police-to see the Transporter with a digital inscription: “ Black Lives Matter .”

+ Vienna: a police vehicle with the words “Black Lives Matter”.©Reuters / Hans Punz

After the Coronavirus pandemic * the infection numbers had diminished, had the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) 1. May the output restrictions in Austria again.

On Thursday night, the danger was by the Virus, obviously, of secondary importance, also members of the Greens and the SPÖ in Parliament mingled with the protesters, most of whom are mouth protection masks wore.

50,000 in Vienna – in the Corona-crisis in Germany, currently unimaginable

so, Now gathered in Vienna 50,000 people at once. A scenario that appears in the Corona-crisis in Germany for the time being, and probably until Further notice – unrealistic.

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section list image:©dpa / Hans Punz