California This article is more than 8 years oldThree stabbed at Ku Klux Klan gathering near Disneyland
This article is more than 8 years oldSeveral detained in southern California clashes that saw two counter-protesters stabbed and a Klan member stomped on by opponents, police say
Police say three people have been stabbed and several detained at a Ku Klux Klan gathering in southern California on Saturday, only a few miles from Disneyland.
Anaheim police sergeant Daron Wyatt said two people who were part of a counter-protest on Saturday afternoon were stabbed in separate incidents. One person is in custody in one of the stabbings.
Wyatt says a Klan member was stomped on by counter-protesters during another altercation. Three people have been detained.
Several dozen people had gathered before the KKK rally to protest against the white nationalist group in Pearson Park, and arguing turned into violence. Photos posted on social media showed wounded people bleeding on the sidewalk and at least one car’s hood dented and its windshield smashed.
Anti-Klan protesters kicked a man wearing a “Grand Dragon” shirt, the Los Angeles Times reported, and a Klan supporter told police: “I stabbed him in self-defense.”
No information on any of victims’ conditions was immediately available. Authorities say the investigation continues.
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