Anarchists march in Svitavy

Around 70 left-wing radicals and anarchists demonstrated in Svitavy on Saturday in protest of growing right-wing extremism. The aim of the event was to commemorate victims of neo-Nazi violence in the country since 1989. Dozens of police monitored; there were no incidents. The march was meant to counter a planned neo-Nazi demonstration in August in support of a skinhead sentenced in 2003 to 17 years in prison. The man, Vlastimil Pechanec, murdered a Romany man in 2001, stabbing him twice in the stomach; the victim died in hospital.