German ministers pledge tough action after rioters damage stores in Frankfurt
What happened
Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt promised severe punishment for those behind a night of rioting in Frankfurt that left more than 100 police officers injured.
Hooded rioters hit 17 shops in the city, five of which were looted, according to Hesse interior minister Roman Poseck.
Police sent 1,300 officers and detained 54 people between the ages of 13 and 29.
The unrest followed rallies by tens of thousands of people in dozens of German cities on Saturday, organised by the group "Gen Z regelt" to press for better education and lower living costs.
Poseck said police put the number of violent troublemakers at 1,000 to 1,500, predominantly from an immigrant background, though most of those detained were German nationals.
Dobrindt blamed immigrant-community troublemakers acting alongside far-left extremists, but offered no evidence and did not say which groups had joined the protests.
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