Five people, including the co-president of the people’s assembly of Bregenz, Tahsin Akçakoca, was arrested after house raids carried out in Bregenz in Austria yesterday.

Within the scope of the protests organised in solidarity with the resistance of Kobanê, a march was organised in Bregenz and the march was assaulted by the supporters of ISIS gangs on 11 October. After the assault, incidents broke out and 2 supporters of the ISIS gangs were wounded.

The Austrian police raided houses yesterday morning and took into custody 5 people from Kurdistan, the co-president of the Bregenz people’s assembly, Tahsin Akçakoca, Barol Ay, Volkan Yıldız, Hasan Çalık and Nazım Sarı on claims that they were involved with the incidents.

Hundreds of people attended a march organised in solidarity with the resistance of Kobanê on 11 October. Police changed the route of the march, which then passed a mosque. A blast bomb exploded while the march was passing the mosque.

After that, a young man who was reportedly a supporter of the ISIS gangs threw a blast bomb at the marchers and then fled. Then, over 40 supporters of the ISIS gangs attempted to attack the marchers. 2 ISIS gang members were injured during the incidents.

Although the police had said that they would take the necessary measure, they did not calculate that the march would pass a mosque. The behaviour of the police created tension among the marchers.