Helsinki police on alert over planned neo-Nazi protest

Afghan and Iraqi asylum seekers have protested against the deportations of unsuccessful applicants for several weeks in central Helsinki. The threat posed by the far-right protest scheduled to take place in Helsinki on Saturday is being taken seriously, assures the Helsinki Police Department. “Police officers are, if necessary, prepared to break up the demonstrations in the event that they cause considerable danger to public order and security, to people or to property,” a police spokesperson said...