Extrême droite : affrontements à Dortmund – 3 septembre 2011

Police clash with anti-Nazi protesters

thelocal.de

3 Sep 11 15:24 CET

Violence broke out at a counter-demonstration against a neo-Nazi rally in Dortmund on Saturday. Police said officers were « severely attacked » by about 1,500 « leftist extremists. » Some 200 people were taken into custody.

Police were reportedly attacked with pepper spray, stones and firecrackers, and several officers sustained light injuries. They responded to the violence with batons and water cannon.

One police vehicle was also attacked. The clashes came as police tried to keep demonstrators from the two sides apart, as about 400 members of the right-wing camp waited for their rally to begin.

« The excessive violence against police officers in Dortmund has absolutely nothing to do with democratic protest against right-wing extremists, » police chief Hans Schulze said.

The number of people injured has yet to be determined. Some 4,000 police officers were on patrol.

The counter-demonstration was organised in response to a march by about 700 right-wing extremists through Dortmund’s Nordstadt district. Thousands of peaceful demonstrators also took to the streets around the city to protest the neo-Nazi rally. Lesen mehr …