Several people suffered gunshot wounds in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin early Saturday in undisclosed circumstances, dpa reported. The unidentified assailants fled the scene, German police said.

Paris police have taken nearly 150 people into custody in what quickly became a tense protest against proposed security laws, with officers wading into the crowds of several thousand to haul away suspected troublemakers.

Berlin police launched raids early on Thursday targeting organised crime families in the German capital and the northern city of Hamburg, in an operation involving around 500 officers, dpa reported.

German police said on Wednesday that a man who zig-zagged an SUV at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the southwestern city of Trier, killing five people including a 9-month-old baby and seriously injuring more than a dozen, has started talking to them. Authorities did not give any details on what the suspect was telling police during the interrogation, news wires reported.

Italian police on Tuesday arrested 28 people in a probe into the activities of the Neapolitan Camorra mafia in and a round Rome, ANSA reported. Those arrested are accused of a range of mafia crimes including drug trafficking, extortion, and attempted murder. Camorra boss Michele Senese was among those arrested.

More than 130,000 people joined demonstrations across France on Saturday against police brutality and a controversial new security law. Protests took place in cities across France including Paris, Strasbourg, Marseille and Lyon.

French police late Monday used tear gas as they dismantled a new migrant camp in the centre of Paris set up to house hundreds of refugees evacuated from makeshift suburban shelters without being relocated, AFP reported.

Police in Georgian capital Tbilisi fired water cannon and tear gas against hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Sunday to support a call by opposition parties for a rerun of parliamentary elections, held on 31 October, Reuters reported. The opposition is demanding the resignation of the CEC chief Tamar Zhvania, saying the elections were rigged.

Spanish police set up temporary checkpoints, as residents of Madrid and nine nearby towns began a partial lockdown, news wires reported. Hours after the city limits were closed off to all non-essential traffic, masked police could be seen setting up temporary checkpoints and stopping cars for about 20 minutes before moving on, an AFP correspondent said.

A Greek police operation is underway on the island of Lesbos to move thousands of migrants and refugees left homeless after a fire destroyed their overcrowded camp into a new facility on the island, AP reported. Police said on Thursday morning’s operation included 70 female police officers who were approaching asylum-seekers with the aim of persuading them to move to the new camp in the island’s Kara Tepe area. No violence was reported as the operation began.