Thursday, 30 August 2018

Arrest warrant leak fuels suspicions of far-right links with German police

Authorities confirm leak after arrest warrant for Iraqi murder suspect sparked violent anti-foreigner protests

The leak of an arrest warrant to far-right groups has heightened widespread suspicions of links between German police and xenophobic demonstrators.

Authorities have confirmed reports of the leak after the arrest warrant – containing the full name of the main suspect in the murder of a 35-year-old man, which triggered violent anti-foreigner protests in the eastern city of Chemnitz – was tweeted by Lutz Bachmann, the founding member of the far-right protest group Pegida. The suspect is a 22-year-old Iraqi man.

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