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Berlin student protest targets proposed German military service plans

Al Jazeera reports that more than 40,000 students demonstrated in Berlin. The supplied report gives no details of the plans or how turnout was calculated.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
A young person places a paper into a box labeled for Bundeswehr letters at a street protest.
GERMANY

More than 40,000 students took to the streets in Berlin to protest Germany’s proposed military service plans, Al Jazeera reported.

The report describes the plans as proposed and does not say they have been enacted. It provides no further detail on what the plans would involve.

The turnout figure is attributed to Al Jazeera and is not independently corroborated in the supplied material. The report does not explain how attendance was estimated.

The supplied account does not identify protest organisers or describe participants’ views beyond opposition to the proposed plans. It also does not specify when the demonstration took place.

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