Tourists arrested for Nazi salutes in Berlin

TWO Chinese tourists were detained in Berlin for making Nazi salutes in front of the Reichstag.

The pair were seen taking photographs of each other performing the banned gesture outside the German parliament building.

“A probe on suspicion of using the symbols of anticonstitutional organisations was opened against the two Chinese men, aged 36 and 49,” a police spokesman said. The pair were questioned at a local police station on Saturday and released after paying €500 (£450) bail each.

Using the symbols of anticonstitutional organisations, a charge frequently levelled against members of far-right groups, can carry a sentence of up to three years in prison or a fine.

The spokesman said the men could leave the country during the investigation and that if a fine is handed down, the bail money they had paid would likely cover it.