German police and protesters clash as far-right AfD elects leader

Several officers and a protester injured as Alexander Gauland chosen as co-leader of anti-immigration party

A rightwing nationalist has been elected as co-leader of the anti-immigration party Alternative für Deutschland at a convention overshadowed by protests.

Several people were reportedly hurt in clashes between protesters and police in the German city of Hanover on Saturday as the AfD congress chose Alexander Gauland to return to the post he had held until 2015. Gauland once defended an AfD member who said history should be rewritten to focus on German victims of the second world war.

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