部长们威胁将对在法兰克福夜间破坏商店、致使100多名警察受伤的抢劫者和暴乱者处以严厉惩罚，同时赞扬安全部队阻止了更大规模的暴力事件。
ministers threatened tough penalties for looters and rioters who damaged stores and injured more than 100 police officers in Frankfurt overnight, while praising security forces for preventing wider violence.
周六（10月31日），在倡导组织“Gen Z regelt”（Z世代掌权）发起的抗议活动中，数万民众在德国数十个城市集会，要求改善教育、降低生活成本，法兰克福成为主要冲突爆发点。
Frankfurt emerged as the main flashpoint on Saturday (Oct 31) after tens of thousands of people rallied in dozens of German cities to demand better education and lower living costs in protests organised by campaign group "Gen Z regelt" — "Gen Z takes charge".
黑森州内政部长罗曼·波塞克周日在新闻发布会上表示，在金融中心法兰克福，蒙面暴徒损毁了17家商店，其中5家遭洗劫。
In the financial hub Frankfurt, hooded rioters damaged 17 stores, of which five were looted, Roman Poseck, interior minister of the state of Hesse, told a press conference on Sunday.
他说，警方出动了1300名警员，冲突中有100多名警察受伤。警方逮捕了54人，年龄在13至29岁之间。
He said police deployed 1,300 officers, with more than 100 injured in clashes. Police arrested 54 people aged between 13 and 29.
波塞克说：“我对所见情景感到震惊，对此无法粉饰太平。让我明确表示：事情不能再这样下去了。”
"I am shocked by what I have seen, and there is no point in sugar-coating it. Let me make this very clear: Things cannot go on like this," Poseck said.
波塞克表示，大多数被捕者为德国国民，并援引警方信息称，许多参与骚乱者具有移民背景。
Poseck said most of those arrested were nationals, adding that many of those involved in the disturbances were of an immigrant background, citing information from the police.
他补充道：“警方目前估计，他们面对的是1000至1500名暴力闹事者，主要来自移民背景。”
"Police currently estimate that they are dealing with between 1,000 and 1,500 violent troublemakers, predominantly from an immigrant background," he added.
抗议者向警方投掷燃烧弹 法兰克福警方报告称发生了暴力骚乱，包括砸碎窗户、向应急服务人员投掷燃烧弹、石块和瓶子。
PROTESTERS THROW PETROL BOMBS AT POLICE Frankfurt police reported violent disturbances including windows being smashed and petrol bombs, rocks and bottles being thrown at the emergency services.
属于保守派基督教社会联盟的联邦内政部长亚历山大·多布林特表示，肇事者将被识别并追究责任。
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, a member of the conservative Christian Social Union, said perpetrators would be identified and held to account.
他在周日对记者说：“我预期将会有严厉的惩罚。我们绝不准备接受，哪怕是一点点，此类事件和骚乱在此发生。”
"I expect there to be severe penalties. We are not prepared to accept, in the slightest, that such incidents and such rioting should take place here," he told reporters on Sunday.
他指责“来自移民群体的捣乱分子”与左翼极端分子及其他极左团体串通一气，但未提供证据支持该说法，也未说明有哪些团体参加了示威。
He accused "troublemakers from the immigrant community" of acting alongside left-wing extremists and other far-left groups, but did not provide evidence to support the claim or say which groups had joined the demonstrations.
多布林特表示，基于大规模警力部署和多点布防的警务策略已被证明行之有效。
Dobrindt said a policing strategy based on a large security presence and deployments across multiple locations had proved effective.
在法国，抗议活动已连续第三个周末基本保持和平，此前10月17日的大规模骚乱和抢劫破坏了商店、公共建筑和企业。
In France, protests continued largely peacefully for a third weekend after extensive riots and looting on October 17 damaged shops, public buildings and businesses.
多布林特说，出于担心境外极端团体利用示威煽动骚乱，当局在抗议活动前已收紧边境管控。
Dobrindt said that border controls had been tightened ahead of the protests out of fear extremist groups from abroad could exploit them to stir riots.