BERLIN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The number of victims of far-right violence in Germany jumped by more than 25 percent in the first nine months of this year and violent anti-Semitic crime was also up, newly published figures showed on Friday.

Interior Ministry data showed 473 people were injured by right-wing extremists between January and September, compared with 375 over the same period last year -- a rise of 26 percent.

The preliminary figures, which were issued by Petra Pau, a senior member of parliament for the Left party, showed the number of police arrests of right-wing extremists had fallen.

Concerns about an upsurge in neo-Nazi extremism were stirred this year by a number of well-publicised incidents.

Eight Indians were attacked and chased by a mob through the small eastern town of Muegeln in August. In June, a troupe of actors was beaten up in Halberstadt in the neighbouring state.

The data showed that 23 violent crimes registered as anti-Semitic were recorded in the first nine months of 2007. Only 21 such acts were logged in all of 2006.

The figures showed that while 67 suspects were detained by police in connection with anti-Semitic crimes during the first nine months of 2006, the total was only 21 this year.

A spokeswoman for Germany's Interior Ministry said the situation was being monitored closely and that it would make an analysis of the evidence once final figures were available. (Reporting by Dave Graham; Editing by Philippa Fletcher)

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