Germany: Flood helpers 'pelted with garbage'
In addition to having trash thrown at them, aid workers are also receiving insults, Germany's Federal Relief Agency has revealed. The Querdenker anti-lockdown movement has been blamed.
Volunteers helping the clean up after the floods in Germany have been "pelted with garbage" during their work, the Federal Relief Agency (THW) revealed on Saturday.
But at times, the aid workers have been met with a hostile reception, vice president of the THW, Sabine Lackner, said.
"Our helpers are being insulted," Lackner told German broadcaster RTL on Saturday. "When they are on the road with the emergency vehicles, they are being pelted with garbage," she added.
Behind the attacks, she said, are members of the Querdenker (Lateral Thinker) group, which has staged numerous anti-lockdown protests and spread conspiracy theories about the pandemic. Lackner also cited the doomsday Prepper network.
The aggressors pretend to be affected by the recent disaster, in order to carry out their disruptions, Lackner said.
