Police have arrested six male Nigerian asylum seekers in Germany after five police officers were injured last Friday in a riot at an asylum seeker housing centre in Bavaria.
German news agency DPA reports that the officers were verbally abused and mobbed by about 30 asylum seekers after arriving at the centre.
The officers were attacked when they attempted to pull the ringleaders out of the crowd.
Objects such as bicycles were thrown at the policemen. Barricades were erected to prevent police who defended themselves with pepper spray.
A police statement said the injured officers were taken to hospital with cuts and injuries to their ribs and eyes.
The situation was calmed after reinforcements arrived.
