A woman had a swastika carved onto her stomach by supporters of the far-right Brazilian presidential candidate. The three attackers used a pocket knife to etch the Nazi symbol into her skin in retaliation for her wearing a top slamming controversial contender Jair Bolsonaro. The 19-year-old, who was wearing a #NotHim t-shirt, was targeted by …
8 police officers hurt in clashes at far-right rock concert in Germany
Police broke up a neo-Nazi concert in Thuringia’s central city of Apolda on October 6 evening as the event turned violent after high-hurdle legal tussles between authorities and organizers over rights to assembly and public safety. Civic groups joined by Thuringia’s center-left leaders had staged vigils earlier Saturday in Apolda. Far-right organizers had staged a similar, improvised …
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Austria is considering a total ban on Rabia and grey wolf salute
Austrian minister wants to ban Rabia, victory and wolf salute. The Austrian government is still working up a definitive list of the offending gestures. Local media reported that the ban would apply to the “depiction, display, wearing or propagation” of the signs in public, including on the internet. If the ban is approved, anyone in Austria …
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Italian gunman convicted of shooting at African immigrants
An Italian man with extreme right-wing views has been convicted in a shooting rampage targeting immigrants and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The 28-year-old Luca Traini was arrested by police in the main square of the central city of Macerata following the rampage that injured six immigrants and terrorized the city last February. The …
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Student was attacked with knuckle duster at Newcastle university campus
Abdullah Qaiser says he came to Newcastle from Pakistan last year to study in a secure environment. The 21-year-old had his nose smashed by a man wearing a knuckle duster after his car was stopped at the University of Newcastle’s Callaghan campus. More than two months have passed since Abdullah Qaiser was attacked at night …
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Turkish woman suffered a violent attack by a stranger in Germany
A Turkish woman who last week suffered a violent attack by a stranger in Germany got a visit on Tuesday from the local Turkish diplomat. Hacer Ugurlu told Anadolu Agency the story of her assault in the city of Cologne, saying: “I took the tram to go to work in the afternoon. The tram was …
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A mum paints her son black for a whipped slave Halloween costume complete with chains and welts
A mum has caused outrage after dressing her nine-year-old white son as a black slave with pretend chains attached to his hands and neck for a Halloween party. It’s claimed Sabrina Flor proudly published the controversial photos of her child on social media on October 29 just before he attended the school event, with the caption: “When your son …
A dad dressed son in Adolf Hitler costume for Halloween
The dad-of-two from Owensboro, Indiana, was attending the town’s Trail of Treats Halloween event and said he came up with the costume ideas at the last minute. But he couldn’t explain why he had a full Nazi uniform close to hand in his house. He went as a Nazi soldier while his young son was …
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Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s presidential election
Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal has declared far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro the next president of Latin America’s biggest country. With 96 percent of ballots counted, Bolsonaro has 55.5 percent of the votes. Leftist Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party (PT) has 44.5 percent. Voters in Sunday’s runoff election apparently looked past warnings that the brash former …
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Gunman attacks Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people
A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history. The 20-minute attack at Tree of Life Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood left six others wounded, …
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