Far-right extremists try to enter German parliament

Police officers push away a crowd of demonstrators from the square Platz der Republik in front of the Reichstag building (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

Far-right extremists tried to storm the German parliament building following a protest against the country’s pandemic restrictions, but were intercepted by police and forcibly removed.

The incident occurred after a day-long demonstration by tens of thousands of people opposed to the wearing of masks and other government measures intended to stop the spread of coronavirus.