Will Gen Z regelt's Halloween protests turn violent?

Gen Z regelt has called for rallies this Saturday, Halloween, in dozens of German cities, from Munich to Karlsruhe and Frankfurt. Local groups organise mostly on their own, coordinating through social media.

Stern reports that more than 153,000 people have said online they want to demonstrate nationwide. That counts announcements, not who will actually turn up.

The Verfassungsschutz and the police union GdP warn that extremists may try to take over the rallies. Amy Kirchhoff, general secretary of the national pupils' conference, told RTL and NTV: No one really knows who is behind it.

In Baden-Württemberg, police do not expect riots or looting like France's, and in Karlsruhe they saw no reason to assume violence. The initiative itself rejects violence.