Polish prosecutors launch probe into neo-Nazi march

Reports indicate the ultra-nationalists shouted anti-Semitic and anti-European slogans and burned Israeli and European Union flags during the march on Poland's National Independence Day Saturday.

Although Polish law expressly prohibits public events with neo- Nazi over tones, Katowice city officials who allowed the march insist they had no legal grounds to prevent pointing to the fact it was organised by a group with no overt neo-Nazi agenda.

The demonstration was organised by "No to Europe", a group protesting Poland's future entry into the European Union.

Under Polish law hate-mongering and the public propagation of fascism is considered a crime subject to penalties of up to three years' imprisonmnent

(la/dpa)