Stabbing Death Sparks Far-Right Protest in German City of Chemnitz
  • 6 years ago
Thousands of far-right protesters marched through the German city of Chemnitz on August 27 following the arrest of an Iraqi and a Syrian on charges relating to the fatal stabbing of a German man.Police said around 6,000 supporters of the right-wing Pro Chemnitz group turned out. They were met by around 1,500 counterprotesters.Clashes broke out between the two groups with a number of people injured, including two police officers.A 23-year-old Syrian man and a 22-year-old Iraqi man were arrested following the fatal stabbing on Sunday, which sparked the anti-migrant protests. Credit: Jewish Forum for Democracy and Against Antisemitism via Storyful
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