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Angry clashes have erupted between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the New Black Panther Party as both groups rally at the South Carolina statehouse.

Confederate flags were stolen and ripped up to cheers and applause from the New Black Panther demonstrators - while KKK members stood on the steps of the capitol performing Nazi salutes.

The white supremacists came out in force on Saturday afternoon to condemn the governor's decision to remove the Confederate Flag due to its associations with racial hatred.

Countering their demonstration, around 400 people with links to the New Black Panther Party marched in the name of racial equality - calling on politicians to do more than simply bring down a flag.Although leaders insisted they would steer clear of one another, disputes were soon breaking out between off-shoots.

A woman clutching a Confederate flag during a KKK rally in South Carolina wails as emotions run high.

A man is captured burning a Confederate flag in front of the statehouse steps surrounded by anti-white supremacy protesters.

A second man holds up the burning Confederate flag in front of photographers.

A man holds a black power salute during the Black Educators for Justice rally, which has ties with The New Black Panther Party, on Saturday.

A man gives a Nazi salute on the steps of the capitol as the group says they should not be blamed for the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.

A member of a white supremacist group yells at opposing protesters during the New Black Panther Party and Ku Klux Klan rallies on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol in Columbia.

A heavily-tattooed Klu Klux Klan member, covered in Swastkias, stands alongside white-supremacists outside the Columbia capital.

A young boy is taken away from the parade by his Klu Klux Klan father. One man wears a t-shirt saying: 'It's a white thing. You wouldn't understand'. 

Around 300 people came to the state capitol in Columbia to march for racial equality bearing stars and stripes. 

An elderly woman holds her face after getting injured in the ensuing chaos. 

Blood is seen coming out her of nose as she makes her way through the crowds on the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse. 

The same man that stood on the statehouse steps raises the Nazi salute while surrounded by police officers and cameras. 

Law enforcement personnel, heavily armed and wearing body armor, try to keep opposing sides apart during the demonstrations. 

Police were out in force on Saturday to ensure the conflicting groups did not start fighting. 

A man shrouded in a Confederate flag appears to have terse words with anti-Confederate protesters. 

This group, which erupted into chants of 'black power', said the flag ceremony was an 'illusion of progress'. 

Police officers walk alongside white-supremacy protesters in a bid to keep relative calm during the demonstrations. 

Reporters at the scene said New Black Panther Party members grabbed a Confederate flag and ripped it up. 

Police keep protesters back near a vehicle driven by a Klu Klux Klan member who crashed into a lamp post at the scene. 

A South Carolina State Trooper yells for protesters to get back after a member of the Ku Klux Klan crashed into a light pole. 

For the South Carolina KKK supporters, the Confederate flag symbolized their heritage and their beliefs. 

A protester holds the Confederate flag over his shoulder in the midst of the demonstrations.