Around 900 Attend Antifascist and Far-Right Marches in Helsinki – Four Detained
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The openly racist Blue and Black Movement and anti-fascists marched in Helsinki on Saturday.
Around 900 attend antifascist and far-right marches in Helsinki – four detained
Around 900 people took part in two separate demonstrations in central Helsinki on Saturday, as police deployed extra officers and planned routes to prevent an antifascist march and a Blue-and-Black movement demonstration from meeting. Police estimated that around 600 people joined the antifascist demonstration and around 300 took part in the Blue-and-Black movement march.
Police estimate that there are approximately 900 participants.
Two protest marches will be held in the city center of Helsinki on Saturday afternoon. The police recommend allowing sufficient time for transfers.
Saturday's demonstrations in Helsinki went as planned and no criminal reports had been filed by the afternoon, Helsinki police told STT. The openly racist and fascist Blue and Black Movement, which has returned to being a party, organized a "Time for Return" demonstration on Saturday, which was attended by about 300 demonstrators, according to police estimates. The counter-demonstration organized by the anti-fascist Crow Network and the Aurora H…
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