German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has condemned anti-migrant violence in the eastern-German town of Heidenau.<br /><br /> “We must never tolerate people in our country being threatened or attacked,” he said in a statement. “We must pursue this with the full force of the rule of law.”<br /><br /> What started as a peaceful demonstration later turned violent as bottles and stones were thrown at bus loads of migrants attempting to enter the town.<br /><br /> Media reports suggest scuffles broke out when a group of far-right radicals joined the several-hundred-strong crowd calmly marching against the expected arrivals.<br /><br /> The group is then said to have started chanting xenophobic slogans before clashes began in which 31 police officers were reported injured.<br /><br /> The number of arrests made has not been released.<br /><br /> Tear gas was used to disperse the crowds and some of the buses reached their destination, local media quotes the police as saying.<br /><br /> Of an expected 250 migrants, 93 arrived between Friday and Saturday (August 21
