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"We Want To F**k Leipzig": Germany Vows Tough Response As Migrant Youths Admit Real Motives Behind Protests

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Following clashes with police and looting during the Gen Z protests on Halloween night in Germany, one interviewer attempted to speak with a group of migrant youths in the city of Leipzig about their motivation for protesting.

During the video, they openly admit they want to rob stores, fight police, and "f**k Leipzig" - not for better schools or climate action as organizers are claiming.

In a street interview clip by video journalist Aron Morhoff, young men of migrant background during the nationwide demonstrations stated their motives plainly. One said, "We just want to rob stores." Another declared, "We want to fight with police officers," adding, "Everyone's lying. We want to fight police officers." He made the comment after another of the youths claimed they were there for better schools.

A third yelled, "We want to f**k Leipzig!"

The youths also linked the protests to Palestine and Gaza, stating multiple times that they wanted to "Free Gaza."

The motives for protesting also do not appear that different from recent interviews with migrant youths in Belgium following the riots there, where respondents said they did not know why they were protesting and they were simply there to "smash everything."

These admissions align with the rapid escalation of the Oct.31, 2026, "Gen Z regelt" ("Gen Z takes charge") protests. What began as largely peaceful daytime marches across roughly 30 to 34 cities, drawing tens of thousands, deteriorated after dark as masked groups took over.

Burning barricades appeared while protesters hurled stones, fireworks, bottles, and Molotov cocktails at officers. Frankfurt's Zeil shopping street saw some of the worst cases of violence and looting in Germany.

Earlier this year, Remix News wrote a special report about Frankfurt's status as Germany's most diverse city and the associated problems it has brought, including for Frankfurt's main shopping district.

In Frankfurt alone, more than 1,300 officers were deployed and over 100 were injured, including one seriously after a stone struck him in the face, causing him to lose several teeth.

Seventeen shops were damaged and five looted. Protesters also smashed a gun shop's windows and two weapons were seized after police arrested suspects.

Fifty-four people aged 13-29 were detained. Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck (CDU) called the scenes "horrific excesses of violence," noted that around 100 clearly identified left-wing extremists had infiltrated the event, and stated that the violent groups were largely from migrant backgrounds, adding that "there must be no false taboos."

Elsewhere, Berlin saw 27 officers suffer minor injuries from eggs, bottles, stones, and fireworks during an evening march, with dozens detained.

Hanover recorded a minor injury from a firework while Hamburg saw youths burning barricades. Cologne also saw clashes next to the famed Cologne Cathedral.

Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) said some looting occurred in front of live cameras, that perpetrators would be identified, and that he expected "harsh penalties."

He blamed "violent left-wing groups and troublemakers from migrant communities" for hijacking the afternoon's peaceful protests.

North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) condemned the riots, stating the protests had been co-opted by left-wing extremists and groups of violent young men who deliberately escalated: "Anyone who throws stones and firecrackers at police officers, sets off pyrotechnics and rampages through the streets has no political agenda. People who disguise themselves don't want to discuss or convince. They want trouble and violence. That can't be justified by anything."

Organizers of the youth protests had demanded more funding for schools, addiction support and psychotherapy; measures against rising living costs and for affordable housing; stronger climate action; opposition to social-sector cuts and expanded surveillance; and rejection of plans for compulsory military service. The group later distanced itself from the violence, saying it had no control over what happened after the official events ended, and announced further actions.

As a result of all that Rachel Roberts reports, via The Epoch Times, that German ministers have said there will be tough penalties for those who engaged in Saturday night's riots and looting, which left more than 100 police officers in Frankfurt injured.

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt blamed "troublemakers from the immigrant community" for the criminality that emerged. He did not provide evidence to support the claim or say which groups joined the demonstrations.

As in France, the largely peaceful daytime protests were followed by nighttime unrest.

Dobrindt, a member of the conservative Christian Social Union from the coalition government, said authorities would identify those responsible and bring them to justice.

"I expect there to be severe penalties. We are not prepared to accept, in the slightest, that such incidents and such rioting should take place here," he told reporters on Sunday.

He said a strategy based on a large security presence and officer deployments across multiple locations had proved effective in containing the violence.

Located in the western state of Hesse, Frankfurt was the main flashpoint for the weekend's violence, although there were attacks against the police in other cities, including Berlin and Cologne.

Organized by the campaign group "Gen Z regelt" ("Gen Z takes charge"), the protests demanded better education and lower living costs.

Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck said that many of those involved in the criminal activity in Frankfurt were German nationals with an immigrant background, citing police information.

Violence included windows being smashed and the use of petrol bombs, while rocks and bottles were thrown at emergency service personnel.

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, Poseck said hooded rioters damaged 17 stores in Frankfurt, the country's financial hub, looting five of them, according to police.

He added that police deployed 1,300 officers and detained 54 people aged 13 to 29.

"Police currently estimate that they are dealing with between 1,000 and 1,500 violent troublemakers, predominantly from an immigrant background," Poseck said. "I am shocked by what I have seen, and there is no point in sugar-coating it. Let me make this very clear: Things cannot go on like this."

There was also violence in Cologne on Saturday night. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd, while in Berlin, some among the crowds of demonstrators attacked police with bottles and fireworks.

In France, protests continued on Halloween for a third consecutive weekend after extensive riots and looting across several cities on Oct. 17 left the country reeling.

Dobrindt said that border controls had been tightened ahead of the protests because of concerns that extremist groups from abroad might use them to stir up trouble.

Germany is governed by a coalition between the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU); its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU); and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD). Chancellor Friedrich Merz, of the CDU, leads the government, which took office in May 2025.

In recent years, Germany has seen a surge in support for the populist Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a socially conservative party that supports strict immigration controls.

'No Consequences to Fear'

The party is currently leading the national opinion polls. An INSA survey from Oct. 30 puts the populist party at 29 percent.

AfD's co-leader Alice Weidel said in a Nov. 1 post on X that riots were a result of CDU policy that has "courted and promoted left-wing extremism for years, coupled with uncontrolled migration, in which perpetrators have no consequences to fear whatsoever."

Weidel added: "Last night must finally have consequences - and those can only be drawn by the AfD."

Despite its rising popularity amid widespread discontent over mass immigration and economic stagnation, the AfD faces obstacles to governing. The other major parties say they will maintain a firewall strategy and not form a coalition with the AfD, with the next national election due in 2029.

In prepared remarks for a CDU conference beginning on Monday, Merz stated, "Violence has no place on our streets, and my government will show no tolerance," German public broadcaster ARD reported.

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