World IN BRIEF : GERMANY : 180 Arrested in Drive Against ‘Skin Bands’
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police in eastern Germany arrested about 180 people trying to stage a concert featuring right-wing racist “skin bands,” spokesmen said. Hundreds of officers were in action across the states of Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt to block skinheads seeking an alternative venue for a Saturday concert that had been banned in the town of Pritzerbe. Spokesmen said those arrested included members of two right-wing bands.
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