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Multiple stabbings reported at Sacramento far-right rally & counter-protest

June 26, 2016 at 16:00
Multiple people have been stabbed after clashes broke out during a rally outside State Capitol in Sacramento, California. The violence broke out between far-right activists from the Traditionalist Worker Party and counter-protesters.

The Traditionalist Worker Party members, often linked to white supremacy and far-right causes, showed up for a planned a rally at the Sacramento Capitol, where they were met by activists from Antifa Sacramento counter-protest, local media report. Antifa is an anti-fascist movement.

Sacramento Fire Department (SFD) says five patients have been transported to nearby hospitals from the site of the incident, some of them in critical condition from stab wounds. They however didn’t specify which group the injured were from.

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