Around 500 people gathered for the event on Friday evening. Police said they questioned some 25 demonstrators, but that the event went off peacefully.
The crowd marched through Zurich’s central District 4, chanting “Free Palestine”, accompanied by a large contingent of police.
The event was called by the “Palestine Committee Zurich”. Authorities initially asked the 500 participants to disperse, before eventually allowing them to march, a decision based on considerations of “proportionality”, the Keystone-SDA news agency reported on Saturday.
The unauthorised procession, which lasted about an hour, remained peaceful according to initial reports, without damage to property or altercations.
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