LONDON: An investigation has been launched after a German police officer was filmed punching an Irish activist in the face at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin on Thursday, The Guardian reported. Activist Kitty O’Brien was hit twice by the officer before being dragged away with a bloodied face, footage uploaded to social media showed. O’Brien, who was reported to have suffered a broken arm by local newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, reportedly swore at police and was filmed calling the officer a Nazi before the incident took place.

Nach einer Auseinandersetzung zwischen Polizei und Demonstranten in Berlin schaltet sich die irische Botschafterin ein. Videos dokumentieren Faustschläge eines Polizisten ins…

Ireland’s foreign office conveys ‘concern’ about incident that was captured on videos posted on social media