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05/02/2008: "Hamburg Sees Worst Rioting in Years"
Major May 1 riots rocked the northern German port city of Hamburg and isolated attacks occurred on Thursday in Berlin, where the head of the city's police department was forced to flee an angry crowd of left-wing demonstrators.
In Hamburg, an estimated 1,100 right-wing extremists and 7,000 left-wing radicals clashed, escalating to an unusual level of violence for the city. "These were the biggest riots the city has seen in a long time," Ralf Meyer, a spokesman for the Hamburg police, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. The intensity of the riots in the city has left officials shaken.
[ The left-wing demonstrators arranged an attack on what would otherwise have been a peaceful march. ]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,551037,00.html