13 held at left-wing rally

Berlin - Police arrested at least 13 people yesterday at a demonstration by 6,000 leftwing radicals and anarchists to mark the…

Berlin - Police arrested at least 13 people yesterday at a demonstration by 6,000 leftwing radicals and anarchists to mark the 1919 murder of the leading socialists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.

Tens of thousands held a commemoration service at the graves of the two Spartacist leaders in the Friedrichsfelde area of Berlin.

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