Clashes in German city of Leipzig over jail term for woman who attacked neo-Nazis
Left-wing protesters and police have clashed for a second night over a jail term given to a woman convicted of vigilante attacks on neo-Nazis.
Lina E was sentenced to five years in jail, but released pending an appeal as she had been detained since 2020.A police spokesman said around 1,500 people turned up anyway, claiming around a third of those were "prone to violence", the Reuters news agency reports. Lina E was regarded as a leader of a far-left group responsible for carrying out a brutal campaign of violence against the extreme right over several years, including attacks with hammers, iron bars and baseball.After Lina E was found guilty, there were far-left protests in several cities and police were targeted with bottles and firework and baseball bats.
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