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Shops Looted in Frankfurt as Germany’s Gen Z Cost-of-Living Protests Turn Violent

Rioters looted shops in central Frankfurt late on Saturday, 31 October 2026, after a day of largely peaceful youth-led demonstrations across Germany over the cost of living, school funding and public spending cuts. The violence spread to Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg, where police used water cannon against crowds who targeted emergency workers with fireworks, stones and bottles. The demonstrations were…