Former head of Ku Klux Klan is in Austria after Czech expulsion, cancellation of lectures

Ex-KKK head Duke in Austria after Czech expulsion

VIENNA — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has come to Austria after being ordered to leave the Czech Republic.

Duke’s Klan past and suspicions that he questioned the existence of the Holocaust caused Czech authorities to cancel his lectures in Prague and Brno. Czech police briefly detained him before asking him to leave last month.

Austria’s Interior Ministry said Wednesday that he arrived in April and is staying in Salzburg.

As an American citizen, Duke may legally stay in Austria for up to 90 days at one stretch.