About two dozen masked members of an anti-fascism splinter group have clashed with police and media despite two opposing rallies being kept apart in Melbourne.
Flags were set alight and a news photographer was assaulted as a group dressed in black and wearing masks followed a True Blue Crew rally through Melbourne.
Up to 150 True Blue Crew supporters marched to the Carlton Gardens and were followed by a splinter group from an opposing Campaign Against Racism and Fascism rally.
Anti-immigration, anti-racist groups rally in #Melbourne's CBD https://t.co/rkPZ0nJP2R pic.twitter.com/yhK1LDzpUO
— ABC News Melbourne (@abcnewsMelb) June 26, 2016
A man who tried to stop the flag burning said those involved in the scuffles were anarchists who did not represent the no racism rally.
Sunday's scuffles, the latest violence in a series of similar rallies, broke out despite the two opposition rallies being kept apart.
Up to 150 Campaign Against Racism protesters had rallied outside Parliament House, where the True Blue Crew rally was due to meet, before staging a "victory" march through the Melbourne CBD.
Both rallies have now ended.
