Several hundred people gathered for a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Vienna on Wednesday in spite of a ban to stop it.
The atmosphere during the unauthorised demonstration was heated but the police did not report any violence, Austria’s APA news agency reported.
Police did not interfere with the demonstrators at Stephansplatz in the city centre, but prevented them from continuing through the streets.
Police refused to issue a permit for the vigil after invitations featuring a Hamas slogan appeared on the internet.
