Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Police arrest German suspect over neo-Nazi beating

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Erfurt, Germany - German police have arrested the principal suspect after a neo-Nazi attack on leftists in a highway rest area, police in the city of Erfurt said Tuesday, but they are still hunting for a Swedish man thought to have taken part in the beating. Germans were shocked by the


February 14 roadside attack, just hours after 10,000 leftists and pacifists had mounted a counter-demonstration in Dresden against a procession by 6,000 far rightists.
Participants on both sides gathered from all over Germany and beyond in Germany.


A 42-year-old man suffered serious head injuries when a busload of neo-Nazis stopped next to two coaches of leftists in a motorway services area and attacked them. Four others were hurt.
Erfurt police said the 32-year-old who had been detained came from the west of Germany and had a record of rightist violence. The man from Sweden and a third man were still being sought.

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