A planned white nationalist rally unraveled into violence in Sacramento, as counterdemonstrators clashed with the gathering just outside the California Capitol. At least 10 victims have been hospitalized with what the Sacramento Fire Department characterized as “critical trauma stab wounds.”
Officials say many others suffered minor cuts, scrapes and bruises.
The violence, which the Sacramento Fire Department called a “mass casualty event,” began at a protest organized by the Traditionalist Workers Party and the Golden State Skinheads. It ended in bloodshed and chaos, as attackers clad in black swung weapons and others live-streamed the clash on social media.
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