Right wing protesters who are against bringing asylum seekers to an accomodation facility run down a street in Heidenau, Germany August 22, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's interior minister led calls on Sunday for a crackdown on right-wing militants and racists after a second night of scuffles between protesters and police outside a refugee shelter in an eastern German town near Dresden.
Just a day after 31 police officers were hurt in violent protests against the asylum seekers, a Reuters photographer on Saturday night saw some 200 mostly drunk militants in Heidenau throwing fireworks and bottles at police.
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