A pro-refugee rally was disrupted by a group of balaclava-clad men, believed to be neo-Nazis, on Tuesday night, with police forced to deploy capsicum spray to defuse the situation. Police confront a group of suspected neo-Nazis at a pro-refugee rally. Picture: TikTok/permanentvisaforrefugees A pro-refugee rally was disrupted by a group of balaclava-clad men, believed to be neo-Nazis, on Tuesday night, with police forced to deploy capsicum spray to defuse the situation. It’s understood about 300 pro-refugee protesters were peacefully gathered on Bourke St when about 20 people — dressed completely in black and with their faces covered — confronted them around 6pm. In footage shared on TikTok by a refugee group, police can be seen facing those dressed in black, as chants of “refugees are welcome here, Nazis are not” rang out from the pro-refugee demonstrators. The group was clad entirely in black. Picture: TikTok/permanentvisaforrefugees Police were forced to deploy capsicum spray. Picture: TikTok/permanentvisaforrefugees Police are then seen marching towards the group in black, in an attempt to move them on, before hitting them with capsicum spray.
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