[Published: Wednesday August 29 2018]
 German far-right demos likened to pre-Hitler era
CHEMNITZ, Germany 29 Aug (ANA) - Police in Germany have admitted not deploying enough officers to tackle a far-right march that took place in response to a man being stabbed to death.
The German man was killed at a street festival in the eastern town of Chemnitz early on Sunday in a dispute between "several people of various nationalities".
The circumstances that led to the death remain unclear, but as word spread the key suspects were foreigners, the far-right quickly mobilised.
Later on Sunday, police arrested two men from Iraq and Syria, prompting around 800 people to take to the streets.
People demonstrate on August 27, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, following the death of a 35-year-old German national who died in hospital after a 'dispute between several people of different nationalities', according to the police.
On Monday, thousands of football hooligans including hundreds of supporters of PEGIDA, a German nationalist anti-Islam and anti-immigration group, gathered for another protest that turned violent.
It was initially thought about 1,000 far-right protesters and half that number of counter-protesters would take part, but in the end 600 officers struggled to contain about 6,000 demonstrators from the far-right.
At least 20 people were injured by objects hurled by both far-right demonstrators as well as anti-fascist counter-protesters.(ANA)
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