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“We were forced to ride in because masked demonstrators had moved to the outside of the square and we needed to make some arrests,” Ewa-Gun Westford, police spokesman, told the TT news agency.
At least 10 people were injured in the Swedish city of Malmö after local police unleashed a mounted charge at participants of a rally against Sweden’s neo-Nazi party. Clashes with police erupted as anti-fascist activists attempted to block a rival rally.
More than 2,000 people had turned up to protest against a meeting held by the neo-Nazi Svenskarnas Parti (The Swedes’ Party) in a square near the Oresund Bridge which connects Sweden and Denmark on Saturday afternoon. The protest soon turned violent, with activists attacking police and horses, and in an attempt to disperse the crowd, police rode in full gallop through a group of 300-400 people.
Police arrested nine people at the march where supporters of the Party of the Swedes were confronted by a counter demonstration by opponents who consider them neo-Nazis.
originally posted by: Variable
a reply to: demus
You ignore history i guess. These are unarmed humans, mounted cavalry is VERY effective against masses of unarmed humans. Horses are incredibly strong and intimidating. the riders can look down at the crowds seeing more of what is going on. They can literally push crowds of people where humans alone could not.
In the US horses are still used in cities by police departments as well. It's not as common as it used to be though.
V
Polisens kommenderingschef Håkan Jarborg Eriksson har berättat att poliser fick gatstenar och ammoniak kastat mot sig. Av de demonstranter som frihetsberövades på lördagen är tre fortsatt anhållna. Två av dem för våldsamt upplopp – en 27-årig man och en oidentifierad kvinna – samt en oidentifierad kvinna för brott mot maskeringsförbudet.
Ytterligare tre män är delgivna misstanke om brott, men är efter förhör och åklagarbeslut försatta på fri fot. En 51-årig man misstänks för våldsamt motstånd; en 31-årig man misstänks för olaga vapeninnehav då han ertappades med två hammare på sig; en 23-årig man misstänks för våld mot tjänsteman för att han ska ha kastat petflaskor mot polisen.