Far-right protesters march in Germany after man killed ‘by migrants’
Right-wing protesters and opponents of Angela Merkel ‘s liberal immigration policy have staged a fresh rally in Germany today six days after a German man was allegedly stabbed to death by two migrants. Thousands of marchers waving German flags took to the streets on Saturday while leftists started a rival protest and more than 1,200 police officers kept watch in the city of Chemnitz. This evening police said they had asked the organisers to end the march for the day, prompting calls of ‘resistance’ and booing and whistling from the crowd. Tensions over Merkel’s 2015 decision to open Germany’s doors to a million asylum seekers have flared up this week since 35-year-old Daniel Hillig was killed last Sunday. Today’s march led by members of the anti-immigration AfD party, which is represented in Germany’s parliament, follows violence earlier this week involving neo-Nazi marchers making Hitler salutes. Right-wing groups including the AfD and the street mo...
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