Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs contacted German authorities after police hit an Irish woman during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin. Ireland's ambassador to Germany, Maeve Collins, and senior officials conveyed concern and said officials stand ready to provide consular assistance. Video shows 25-year-old Dubliner Kitty O'Brien struck twice in the face, dragged away, bleeding from the nose, and later shouting at police. Irish Bloc Berlin said O'Brien underwent surgery for a badly broken right arm after it was pulled and twisted. Berlin police referred the incident to oversight authorities to determine proportionality and possible criminality, and arrests were made.
Ireland's ambassador to Germany, Maeve Collins, as well as senior officials from Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs, have contacted German authorities to convey their concern over the police hitting an Irish woman at a Berlin demonstration against the killing of journalists in Gaza on Thursday, according to Irish media reports. A department spokesperson quoted by Irish national broadcaster RTE said officials "stand ready to provide consular assistance to the citizen concerned."
Video posted online showed a protester later identified as 25-year-old Dubliner Kitty O'Brien being hit twice in the face by police before being dragged away with blood running from her nose. Later in the video, the bloodied O'Brien can be seen defiantly yelling at police, "You don't f*cking scare us! This is on you. There is blood on your hands."
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