GERMANY CLASHES
German Police under fire after mob violence
Saxony, in Germany’s former communist east, has become a hotspot for xenophobia
Police in eastern Germany came under fire on Wednesday after far-right groups posted online the leaked arrest warrant for a fatal stabbing that has sparked racist mob violence. "It’s unacceptable that some police officers think they can leak things like this even though they know they’re committing an offence," said Saxony state’s deputy premier Martin Dulig, calling the release a "scandal". Saxony, in Germany’s former communist east, has become a hotspot for xenophobia after a knife killing early on Sunday in the city of Chemnitz led to protests that degenerated into right-wing extremists hunting down immigrants in the streets. Police on Monday arrested a Syrian and an Iraqi man suspected of killing a 35-year-old German man with multiple stabbings in the altercation. Authorities have not yet identified the victim or suspects in keeping with the German convention of protecting the identities of people involved in judicial proceedings. However, the full arrest warrant of one of the s...
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