Czech Republic: Secret neo-Nazi concert in Prague cancelled

The organizer of yesterday’s secret concert by neo-Nazi bands Summer Heroes and Violence Station at Prague’s Na Slamníku restaurant ultimately cancelled the event before it even began. Police expected approximately 100 people to attend, but only 50 showed up.

There were about 80 officers on the scene to intervene. "Detectives had information that a concert would be taking place here by bands whose members have neo-Nazi tendencies. According to our internal information, about 100 members of that potentially dangerous group were going to attend the concert. In the end only 50 made it to the venue. Officers asked all of them for their identification before they went into the restaurant and researched whether they had police records, primarily to prevent criminal activity," police spokesperson Hana Jeřábková said.     

The organizer then cancelled the concert before it could start, evidently because of the preventative police measures. Officers did not have to address any disturbances of public order or any other illegal behavior by those in attendance; as news server Romea.cz reported yesterday, last night’s event was the second neo-Nazi concert in Prague to be cancelled by organizers in one week.