Correspondent Chris Simkins with a look at the politician at the center of the controversy. Fifty-six people including 43 police officers are injured.
Similar protests take place across Europe.
The source of their anger, this man and his political machine. His name is Joerg Haider, Austria s populist right-wing Freedom Party leader. His personality, past, and party platform have sparked controversy and international condemnation. Haider s Freedom Party came in second in Austrian elections last October. It won support by playing on voters fears of foreign immigration and the dangers of enlarging the European Union to countries in Central Europe.