The Prague Post Online: Skinheads stir trouble in Žižkov district

Increase in neo-Nazis, vandalism and attacks worry business owners Some business owners in Prague 3 are raising concerns about an increased presence in the district of neo-Nazis, whom they blame for a spate of recent incidents in which at least two bars were vandalized and several people say they were attacked. The incidents, over different weekends during the past month, have tended to occur on days when skinheads were holding organized rallies that drew large numbers of neo-Nazi supporters. (...) Petr Tous, head of Czech police for Prague 3, said his department is investigating several incidents in the area but declined to comment further. Neo-Nazis rallied alongside nationalists Dec. 10 at both the Austrian and Slovak embassies to protest the Austrian government's jailing of British author David Irving, who is charged with a hate crime for publicly arguing that the Holocaust was a hoax. While a group called the Patriotic Front — a registered Czech civic organization that says it does not support racist doctrine — organized the rally, at least two dozen skinheads attended.