CNN —Hundreds of far-left protesters clashed with police in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Saturday night, during demonstrations over jail terms handed down to several people convicted of vigilante attacks against neo-Nazis.
Groups sympathetic to Lina E., who is from Leipzig, have been protesting the verdict.
Police tried at first to accommodate the demonstration, but when it turned violent and officers came under attack, authorities responded with force.
Five people were arrested, all male German citizens aged 20 to 32 years old, Leipzig police said.
“All the information available to the Leipzig police department suggests that protesters will still gather in Leipzig on Saturday despite the ban,” a Leipzig police spokesperson told CNN on Friday.
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