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Students strike across Germany in protest against military service

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School strikes are taking place across Germany to protest against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service.

One of the organisers of the strike, Bela Breitner, from School Strike Against Compulsory Military Service said the federal government was "serious about gradually reintroducing compulsory military service".

At one protest in Hamburg, demonstrators waved flags and held up banners emblazoned with the words "We won't take part in your wars".

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