Twenty or so demonstrators detained, police say

Police arrested around 20 people in Prague on Tuesday in connection with a number of demonstrations held on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution which led to the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1989. Individuals were detained largely for disorderly conduct or accosting an officer of the law. According to a police spokesman, officers found knives and other weapons among some who attended a demonstration organized by the initiative Bloc Against Islam. Tuesday saw numerous demonstrations in the Czech capital - some in support of the president, and some critical of the government or the head-of-state.

Author: Jan Velinger