- Title: Merkel thanks Hamburg police for securing G20 summit
- Date: 8th July 2017
- Summary: HAMBURG, GERMANY (JULY 8, 2017) (HOST BROADCASTER POOL) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS OF GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, AND ENTOURAGE WALKING, BEFORE ADDRESSING POLICE OFFICERS, CUSTOMS AGENTS AND RESCUE WORKERS HAMBURG'S MAYOR, OLAF SCHOLZ, AND MERKEL STANDING IN FRONT OF POLICE OFFICERS VARIOUS OF MERKEL TALKING TO POLICE OFFICERS (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mayor Schulz and I very deliberately visited some of the officers here together to express our gratitude and to ask them to pass it on, also to the families who of course are waiting at home worrying. This is an incredible task to secure the G20 summit under these conditions." RESCUE WORKERS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "In regard to the damage that occurred we will see in close cooperation how we can contribute towards compensation." POLICE OFFICERS LOOKING ON SCHOLZ AND MERKEL WALKING OFF
- Embargoed: 22nd July 2017 17:29
- Keywords: Merkel thanks police G20 summit protests police violence Hamburg protests
- Location: HAMBURG, GERMANY
- City: HAMBURG, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: G20,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016OUUUKN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday (July 8) thanked police officers for their service during the G20 summit in Hamburg, saying they had performed "an incredible task".
Merkel also announced that Hamburg local authorities and the German government would work hand in hand to ensure the victims of property damage would be compensated.
The northern port city saw two consecutive nights of rioting, looting and arson attacks by Black Bloc anarchists and other anti-capitalist protesters. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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