Newcastle Pegida marchers vastly outnumbered by counter-protests, Police have arrested five people following scuffles between marchers on Britain’s first anti-Islam Pegida rally and a larger group of anti-racist demonstrators.
Northumbria police said 375 people were on the Pegida rally while 2,000 joined the Newcastle Unites protest in the city centre.
There was a brief scuffle involving members of far-right groups which temporarily damaged Pegida’s PA system, a steward said, but there was no outbreak of major trouble.
It was unclear which sides the five arrested men were from, and their alleged offences ranged from assault, to being drunk and disorderly, and breach of the peace.....Read More
Northumbria police said 375 people were on the Pegida rally while 2,000 joined the Newcastle Unites protest in the city centre.
There was a brief scuffle involving members of far-right groups which temporarily damaged Pegida’s PA system, a steward said, but there was no outbreak of major trouble.
It was unclear which sides the five arrested men were from, and their alleged offences ranged from assault, to being drunk and disorderly, and breach of the peace.....Read More
