The Archive · 1938

Political Riots at Ski Meeting

Vienna, Feb. 8 In connection with the political demonstrations held by the National ist opposition at the ski competitions} near Klagenfurt, the "Wiener Montagsblatt" learns that several clashes occurred also in the city itself, One police officer suffered serious injuries, while several other persons were slightly wounded.

At the sports meeting, the paper states, the announcer is said to have incited the spectators, numbering about 6,000, by various utterances. Twenty-two' persons, including the announcer, have been arrested.

The Austrian Sports Front has already opened an investigation against the Klagenfurth Ski Club. which was responsible for the arrangement of the competitions—Trans-Ocean.

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