Sputnik
October 30, 2018
Seven Syrians and one German citizen have been arrested; they are suspected of raping an 18-year-old student. The men have been on the police radar long before the arrest for other alleged wrongdoings, which drew criticism on the authorities.
Up to 2,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of the university city of Freiburg in southern Germany following a gang rape, which was allegedly committed by migrants from Syria as well as one German citizen. The right-wing Alternative for Germany party brought around 500 people to protest the crimes committed by refugees and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migration policy, repeating demands for stricter migrant control following the arrest of the suspects.
#AfD #Demo in #Freiburg geht weiter. Sprechchöre er “Merkel muss weg”, “Multikulti Endstation” und andere werden gerufen pic.twitter.com/F7DlZM9Cdp
— Green View (@GreenView_mp4) October 29, 2018
This drew nearly 1,500 counter-protesters, who slammed the AfD for inducing hatred.
Demo zu Ende, knapp 2000 Demonstrieren gg. AfD in #Freiburg. Die eigentl. Route wurde blockiert, die Abschludskundg. War umzingelt von Gegendemonstr. Viel ❤ für alle die dabei waren. No pasarán! 📣 #noAfD #nonazis pic.twitter.com/l7noYVrGK8
— Roi_de__rien💨 (@rienne_va__plus) October 29, 2018
This anti-AfD rally was marked with violence against the police and protesters, some tweets suggested. According to the Twitter users, who allegedly posted videos of the protests, demonstrators from the left-wing radical group Antifa and others threw bottles and stones.https://twitter.com/afd_ltw19/status/1056985545631559680
After the gang-rape of an 18-year-old girl in Freiburg by refugees and one German the AfD called for demonstrations. The left on the other hand called for demonstrations against the right “Nazi propaganda” and ended up being violent, throwing…