Up to 400 activists from the radical right gathered in opposition to the much larger LGBTQ+ parade held in the eastern German city. Police described “partly aggressive or militant behavior” and the protest was broken up.

Neo-Nazi activists staged a short demonstration in the vicinity of a Pride event in Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig on Saturday, the second such counterprotest in a week.

The march was organized to pass within earshot of the 19,000-strong Pride parade, in support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community.