SACRAMENTO – Officials said Sunday afternoon they are responding to a “mass casualty incident” at the state capital in California where a long-planned rally of numerous West Coast white supremacist groups.
The Sacramento Fire Department tweeted that at least 5 patients have been transported to the hospital with stab wounds so far.
UPDATE: 5 patients transported to area hospitals from Capitol incident, some with critical trauma stab wounds.
There have been reports for some time about a planned mass gathering of Nazi-esqe groups in Sacramento on June 26.
The Bay Area Independent reports “members of the Traditionalist Workers Party, Golden State Skinheads, Blood & Honor, National Socialist Movement and Ku Klux Klan,” had all planned to attend.
Anti-fascist groups have been preparing a counter-protest, which they say will aim to shut down the “Nazi mega-rally.”
It is unclear how exactly the violence at the capital began.
VIDEO: Police stepping in to stop a man from being attacked.@ABC10 pic.twitter.com/Wzd9Q8zt1j
Insane video. Crowd sees any signs of “Nazis” and they run&attack. A lot of people bleeding/getting maced. @ABC10
A similar violent incident happened at a KKK rally near Los Angeles earlier this year.
Witness video captured the brawl in an Anaheim park about 3 miles from Disneyland. Several protesters could be seen kicking a KKK member. One Klansman with an American flag used the pole’s tip to stab a man.
Officers on scene said they witnessed a Klan member stab a protester with a knife. They found a third counter-protester in a car also stabbed.