Extremists demonstrate in Prague and Kladno

Small groups of right-wing extremists held demonstrations in Prague and the central Bohemian town of Kladno on Saturday - one day after the 118th anniversary of the birth of Adolf Hitler. Around fifty skinheads from the ultra-right "Patriotic Front" congregated at Prague's Zelivskeho metro station and marched to the grave of General Radola Gayda - the head of the Czech fascist movement in the 1930s. When they got there, many were angered to find the headstone overturned. The event's organisers blamed left-wing activists for vandalising the grave.

Meanwhile, several dozen demonstrators from the far-right "Autonomous Nationalists of Central Bohemia" also held a demonstration in Kladno. Around forty anarchists held a counter demonstration in the town at roughly the same time. Hundreds of extra police were deployed on the streets of Kladno to prevent clashes between the two groups.