BERLIN — Far-right protesters blocked an ambulance from reaching an injured asylum seeker after violent clashes broke out between the two groups in an east German town. Witnesses in Bautzen described running street battles between teenage asylum seekers throwing bottles and far-right protesters shouting neo-Nazi slogans on Wednesday night. According to witnesses, the clashes began earlier in the evening when police tried to move on a group of teenage asylum seekers from the square. A group of far-right protesters quickly gathered at the scene. Everyday racism is very common in Bautzen.”The asylum seekers attacked police with bottles and wooden boards, according to an official police statement, forcing officers to use pepper spray.

Source: National Post September 16, 2016 13:52 UTC