Os Cangaceiros
1st May 2011, 08:18
May Day celebrations in Germany have been marred by violence in some of the country's major cities.
Sixteen police officers and 25 protesters were injured in Berlin's Hellersdorf district during a large rally organised by the extreme-right National Democratic Party (NPD).
About 1,000 far-right youths with signs demanding "work for Germans first" listened to speakers calling for foreigners to be expelled.
Police intervened when the neo-Nazis briefly clashed with anti-fascists who held their own counter-demonstration at the same location.
"We're not looking for a fight. We want to make our protests at them being allowed to rally on May Day," an anti-fascist demonstrator said.
The NPD demonstration was authorised by a German court, which lifted a police ban, but left-wing counter-demonstrations were forbidden.
The courts said that the leftists were more likely to cause trouble.
According to Berlin police spokesman Michael Kokert, 140 leftists were arrested or detained citywide as a result of the disturbances.
:rolleyes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/732555.stm
Sixteen police officers and 25 protesters were injured in Berlin's Hellersdorf district during a large rally organised by the extreme-right National Democratic Party (NPD).
About 1,000 far-right youths with signs demanding "work for Germans first" listened to speakers calling for foreigners to be expelled.
Police intervened when the neo-Nazis briefly clashed with anti-fascists who held their own counter-demonstration at the same location.
"We're not looking for a fight. We want to make our protests at them being allowed to rally on May Day," an anti-fascist demonstrator said.
The NPD demonstration was authorised by a German court, which lifted a police ban, but left-wing counter-demonstrations were forbidden.
The courts said that the leftists were more likely to cause trouble.
According to Berlin police spokesman Michael Kokert, 140 leftists were arrested or detained citywide as a result of the disturbances.
:rolleyes:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/732555.stm