PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) _ Neo-Nazis trying to marchthrough the Jewish quarter of Prague have clashed withself-proclaimed anti-fascists, and at least 250 people werearrested in outbreaks of violence around the capital. Police also seized weapons Saturday, including a gas gun,axes and sticks at scattered sites as the extremists triedto reach the Jewish quarter, police spokesman LadislavBernasek said. At least six people, including one policeman, sufferedhead injuries, said Prague rescue service spokeswomanJirina Ernestova. The march had been scheduled to take place just a dayafter the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the 1938 night ofterror when the Nazis attacked synagogues and Jewish homesand businesses throughout Germany and parts of Austria. The march was banned, and about 1,400 policemen weredeployed in the capital, including riot police and officerson horses. Equipped with armored vehicles and watercannons, they sealed off most of the historic Jewishquarter. In a major clash downtown, a group of about two dozenneo-Nazis was attacked by self-proclaimed antifascists whosaid were in the streets to prevent the march, Bernaseksaid. About 50 left-wing extremists attacked police with cobblestones in another area. More than 250 people were detained around the city,including 10 German-speaking left-wing extremists armedwith sticks, Bernasek said. Bernasek said police continued to monitor the movement ofa several hundred neo-Nazi extremists across the capitalbut they had begun to disperse. Jewish leaders and Czech politicians condemned the plannedmarch as an insult to the victims of the Holocaust. Hundreds of Jews and others gathered in the historicJewish quarter to commemorate the Nazi pogrom, protest themarch and be ready, if it went ahead, to prevent it fromgoing through the Jewish quarter. We are here Ťto protest attempts of neo-Nazi groups topublicly promote anti-Semitic, racist and other abusiveideas,ť said Jiri Danicek, head of the federation ofJewish communities. The organizers were the Young National Democrats, which islinked to the National Resistance, a neo-Nazi group. Theysaid their intention was to protest the deployment of Czechtroops in Iraq and they pledged to defy the ban. ŤWe came here to show our support for the Czech Jewishcommunity, why we're against all these anti-Semitism andneo-Nazis,ť said Allan Silverman, 61, from HuntingtonBeach, California, who was visiting Prague with his wifeBarbara and learned about the gathering. ŤThey're picking a very holy day, a very sad day inJewish history and we fell we need to support the Czechcommunity against anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism.ť

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