The anti-riot police charge against 20,000 anti-fascist demonstrators at the German far-right congress

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Riot police have clashed with protesters demonstrating against the congress of the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), in the streets of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. Police reported that 20,000 protesters were demonstrating in this city in eastern Germany, where Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla have been re-elected co-chairs of the party before decisive regional elections, in which the AfD could come to state power for the first time.