10-year-old pro-Palestine protester arrested in Germany

Videos of multiple members of German police running after and ultimately arresting a 10-year-old protestor holding a Palestinian flag at a Gaza solidarity march have surfaced online, garnering widespread criticism against the country’s anti-Palestine policies.

During a recent pro-Palestine protest in Berlin, a 10-year-old child was detained by police during a crackdown.

Various foreign news agencies reported that the police cracked down on people expressing solidarity with Palestinians against Israeli atrocities in Germany, during which a 10-year-old child was also detained as he was waving the Palestinian flag. While protestors tried to intervene and help the boy, police officers pushed them aside and eventually took the boy into their custody despite him appearing fearful and scared. Fellow protestors then resorted to documenting the arrest on their mobile phones.

The pictures and videos of the detained child went viral on social media, after which netizens condemned the police for harassing and manhandling an innocent child. “More than 9 German police officers arrested a 10-year-old child after chasing him during the pro-Palestine march in Berlin. He is a CHILD!,” a Twitter user pointed out.

Pro Palestine portal Middle East Eye posted the video. However, they asserted that they could not independently confirm the child’s fate or whether he had been released.