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Thread ID: 12591 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2004-03-01
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[url]http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040229p2a00m0dm002003c.html[/url]
Foreigners, fascists clash in Koshigaya
KOSHIGAYA, Saitama -- Two members of a fascist political organization and several of the hundreds of mostly Middle Eastern foreigners they rumbled with outside a motor show held here have been injured, police said.
Two members of the ultra right-wing organization involved in the scuffle incurred minor head injuries after the foreigners hurled rocks at their propaganda truck, smashing its windscreen.
[B]The fascists responded to the attack by unleashing a barrage of shots from air guns into the foreigners' ranks, hitting and injuring several before the roughly 200 non-Japanese quickly fled the scene.[/B]
Police said the clash occurred among those attending the Ryutsu Auto Auction of used cars being held in Koshigaya over the weekend.
Trouble broke out when the fascists illegally parked their car outside the hall where the auctions were taking place, but the precise incident that sparked the violence remains unknown.
About 1,000 people were in attendance at the time, a large swathe of who were foreigners of Middle Eastern origin. Some 200 foreigners are estimated to have been involved in the attack on the fascists' loudspeaker truck. (Mainichi Shimbun, Feb. 29, 2004)