Berlin police detained a 14-year-old after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at an officer during unrest in the Märkisches Viertel. The incident happened on Sunday evening. Officers said the fighting began with a “cat-and-mouse game” after they arrived, and lasted more than two hours. During the unrest, a Molotov cocktail was thrown against a police officer. The device hit the officer but only ignited when it struck the ground. Police reported that further pyrotechnics were used while the chaos continued. A second Molotov cocktail was thrown, stones were reported to have been thrown, and people tried to push a container onto the road and set it alight. In Berlin, police had also been preparing for possible disturbances around schools after the Herbstferien. The background is youth protests linked to the initiative “Gen Z regelt”, with police saying they focus on preventing the blocking of school entrances while keeping an eye on developments. The latest status is that the 14-year-old has been arrested. Police said the unrest involved up to 120 mostly young people and that the situation was being handled as an active policing matter.