Seven detained at neo-Nazi march

German police detained three neo-Nazis and four counter demonstrators in the eastern city of Weimar at a march held in commemoration of Adolf Hitler’s birthday.

Police said 150 neo-Nazis attended the march – although 2,000 had been registered with authorities who allowed the procession to take place.

Demonstrators were not allowed, however, to make any public displays of a connection to Hitler. The extremists instead chanted anti-US slogans.

In addition to the three neo-Nazis, four out of roughly 600 counter-demonstrators, were also detained, police said, some of them for wearing masks.

According to German law protesters are not allowed to wear any clothing that covers their faces.