Ugly brawls erupt after Sydney anti-immigration protest

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Violent incidents broke out on Sydney’s streets following Sunday’s anti-immigration protest. Two men have been charged over the alleged assault of a police officer in an inner city pub and a train station brawl was caught on video.

Police rushed to Bar Broadway in Chippendale about 5.40pm, amid reports that a brawl had broken out in response to a group of pub goers who were offensively yelling at passersby.

While dispersing the group, a male constable was allegedly assaulted by 48-year-old Matthew Smith. Attempts to arrest Smith were thwarted when another man, 29-year-old Sean Raics, allegedly attacked the officer.

Police believe the pair had earlier attended an anti-immigration rally when 15,000 people march from Sydney’s CBD to Victoria Park in Camperdown.

The officer sustained minor injuries.

Capsicum spray was then deployed, and both men attempted to run away, but didn’t make it far. Police apprehended the pair on the footpath nearby after a short foot pursuit.

Police apprehend a man on the street after he allegedly assaulted an officer during a pub brawl.

The men were both charged with affray, assaulting a police officer in execution of duty without actual bodily harm and hindering a police officer in the execution of duty.

Elsewhere in Sydney, Nine obtained vision of a fight between two men on a train at Redfern Station. A man standing on the platform draped in an Australian flag uses a Eureka Stockade flag to jab a man standing just inside a stationary carriage.

A fight broke out between two men on a stationary train at Redfern Station.

Sydney’s march was one of several held across the country. Seven people were arrested in Melbourne after violence broke out between protesters and counter-protesters.

Only one arrest was made in Sydney during a busy day for police that included the Sydney Marathon, the anti-immigration protest and a pro-Palestine march all taking place concurrently.

A woman who allegedly shouted abuse at the pro-Palestine march in Hyde Park was charged with breaching the peace.