Jane Whyatt
Journalists and camera crews defended themselves with gas masks as violence flared and teargas flowed in the streets of Leipzig. Then came the smoke from burning barricades. Glass bus shelters were smashed and cobblestones ripped up to use as missiles. The camera crews captured it all.
Three far-right anti-immigration groups marched along different routes, with hundreds of police in riot gear keeping them away from the left-wing antifascists. This Saturday demonstration follows more than one year of smaller Monday night actions in Leipzig, Dresden and other east German cities. They have been marked by a growing number of aggressive…
