German tower block residents have clashed with police in a failed attempt to escape quarantine as the country battles a new spike in coronavirus cases. The violence erupted after 200 residents tried to charge through a metal barrier keeping 700 people trapped in their apartment buildings in Göttingen. Authorities have since employed translators and sent out texts in German and Romanian to try and persuade residents that the lockdown is necessary. Authorities say they now want to provide more information to tower block residents, some of whom appeared not to know why they were in lockdown. The leader of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, has said he 'cannot rule out a blanket lockdown' in Germany's most populous state.

Source: Daily Mail June 22, 2020 11:20 UTC