STUTTGART, Germany: German riot police on Saturday briefly detained some 500 protesters as clashes erupted outside a meeting of the right-wing populist AfD party, which is set to adopt an anti-Islamic manifesto amid a rise in European anti-migrant groups.

Left-wing demonstrators burned tires and threw firecrackers as they tried to disrupt the start of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's weekend congress in the western city of Stuttgart.

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