BERLIN: Thousands of demonstrators for and against the far-right faced off in mass rival rallies in Berlin on Sunday, where calls of “We are the people” were countered with “Go away, Nazis” and techno beats. The rallies passed off largely peacefully, although Berlin police said on Twitter that they had to use pepper spray to stop “demonstrators from trying to break down barriers” at one square. Elsewhere, two dumpsters were set alight with fireworks and rolled onto the street, injuring a female demonstrator, they wrote. Meanwhile, thousands of others joined a slate of anti-AfD demos, taking to the streets and the water to make themselves heard. “The Berlin club culture is everything that Nazis are not,” they said in a statement.

Source: New Strait Times May 27, 2018 18:00 UTC