Giessen's Mayor and Head of Public Order Alexander Wright (Greens) Photo © Katrina Friese
Mayor Alexander Wright (Greens) said to hr: Everything is being done to ensure security in Gießen and is in discussion with the police, organizers and counter-demonstrators. One concern is that there could be riots in the exhibition halls, not in front of them.
"We know from the experience of last year that there is a certain potential for violence and that there were also disturbances from within because opponents of the regime broke into the hall," says Wright. The police can protect an event from the outside - but the organizer is responsible for the inside.
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