Tuesday 28 August 2018

Merkel condemns xenophobic riots after killing of German man

Chancellor says far-right protests in eastern city of Chemnitz ‘have no place in our country’

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has condemned two days of far-right street violence that has left several people injured, which flared up after a Syrian and an Iraqi were accused of killing a German man on Sunday.

Some far-right protesters were accused of hunting foreigners in street mobs in the eastern city of Chemnitz, while others were seen with Nazi-linked banners and giving the outlawed straight-arm salute as demonstrations went into their second day.

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