Around 10 people with minor injuries visited the university hospital in the German town of Giessen as protests ramped on Saturday against the founding of a new youth organization by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
The people came on their own, received “accident surgery treatment” mainly for injuries to hands and legs and then left again, a hospital spokesman told dpa.
At midday, the police also spoke of “several slightly injured” members of their ranks.
Two local schools were also set up to provide first aid if needed, said the hospital spokesman, adding that it continued working normally, including providing emergency treatment for heart attacks and strokes.
Police were keeping the emergency routes clear, he said as the protests grew around and inside the historic university town of some 90,000 residents, one third of whom are students.
AfD leadership arrives for youth assembly
Meanwhile, the event began with a delay of more than 2 hours as the road blockades and protests prevented many of the roughly 1,000 planned attendees from reaching the venue.
AfD leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupall, along with the designated head of the new youth group, Jean-Pascal Hohm, were also delayed, leaving numerous seats in the exhibition hall empty at the start of the assembly.