Right Wing Terrorism Watch International - Neo-Nazis arrested over attack on Holocaust survivors

Five Austrian teenagers were arrested in connection with a neo-Nazi attack on Holocaust survivors.

The survivors and others were attacked while commemorating the 64th anniversary of the liberation of a concentration camp near Salzburg on May 9.

Calling the incident one of the worst in postwar Austria, authorities said the incident also illustrated the growing right-wing extremism among Austrian youth. The teens involved apparently had no previous record.

Two people were wounded in the attack, in which teens allegedly fired plastic bullets from air guns and harassed visitors verbally, according to reports. One of the guns was found later near the scene, according to police.

The masked youths also allegedly shouted "Heil Hitler" and gave the Nazi salute, shocking a group of visitors from France and Italy, according to news reports. Some of the visitors, including survivors of the Ebensee slave labor camp, were standing near a stone pit at the site when the incident occurred.

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