Dover rally: Live updates as far-right groups clash with anti-fascist protesters

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Mirror

Dover rally: Live updates as far-right groups clash with anti-fascist protesters
Updated 19:56, 30 January 2016
By Sam Rkaina

Far right groups including the National Front are marching through the town but it didn't stay peaceful for long



Protests: Anti-immigration demonstration at Dover

19:56

More details on weapons

A Kent Police spokesman said: “More than 20 weapons were seized in total at Dover and the M20 services, including a lock-knife, knuckle duster, poles adapted to cause harm, pieces of wood, glass, hammers and bricks.

“Kent Police would like to thank the local community for its cooperation and patience throughout the demonstrations.”

Meanwhile, the National Front posted on its own Facebook site, saying: “A big well done and thank you to all white nationalists who attended Dover today to save our country from invasion. Respect to all in attendance.”

19:33

Arrests and weapons seized

Three people were arrested and weapons including a knife, knuckle duster and hammers were seized after far-right protesters clashed with anti-fascist groups at an anti-immigration rally in Dover.


Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dover-rally-live-updates-far-7275371

[jpak]

1. There's a riot going on...

[mwrguy]

4. Good one. And...

[jpak]

5. Luv the Violators and this

[navarth]

2. So brave they won't show their faces. meh.

[David__77]

6. The picture is of anti-fascists, not that it necessarily matters.

I imagine that the intention of the masks is to avoid arrest down the line, in the event of illegal activity.

[jpak]

7. and they meant business

FU NF

[mwrguy]

3. Deport every racist to Raqqa to make room for more refugees

[starroute]

8. Here's The Guardian's version

It seems somewhat easier to follow than the Mirror's minute-by-minute accou

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/30/far-right-anti-fascist-protesters-clash-dover

Vyara Gylsen, who joined the demonstration on the anti-fascist side, said fighting broke out when a band of far-right protesters found a way around the police lines separating the two groups. Far-right protesters attacked using metal poles, sticks and bottles, she said, while anti-fascists fought back with bricks and flares until police were able to separate the groups. . . .

About 20 people from each side appeared to be have been injured in the fighting, many of them sustaining head wounds, Gylsen said. “It was probably the most violent protest I’ve attended, there was a lot of physical contact,” she added. . . .

Duncan Cahill of Hope Not Hate, an anti-racist organisation, said Dover had been the scene of an ongoing standoff between anti-fascists and rightwing groups led by a resurgent National Front.

“There have been a few demos down in Dover where the far-right and anti-fascists have had clashes,” he said. “What we have today and for the past few months is massive callouts by just about every Nazi group in the country and everyone involved in anti-fascism has gone down there today for what looks like a massive punch-up.”