he most important thing from Chemnitz: stabbing, Stadtfest demolition, mass demonstrations
- In the night of Sunday, a 35-year-old German died after stabbing in Chemnitz.
- The police arrested two men close to the scene of the crime (22 and 23 years old), they are urgently suspected.
- After a spontaneous demonstration organized by the AfD with around 100 participants, around 800 people walked through the city center on Sunday afternoon. The far-right hooligan group Kaotic called for this.
- Due to security concerns, the city festival was prematurely ended. Videos on the net show that some of the demonstrators were violent.
- The federal government condemned the hunts on foreign-looking people on Sunday in Chemnitz.
- On Monday there were several mass demonstrations in downtown Chemnitz. The police report on the use of pyrotechnics, disguises and Hitler salutes.
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News ticker: Man killed in Chemnitz - right mob marching through the city
In Chemnitz, a 35-year-old German was fatally injured during the weekend in a violent conflict between visitors to a city festival. After that, supporters of right-wing groups marched on Sunday. All information in the news ticker.
Police admitted: too few staff, no trouble-free deployment
Update from 27 August, 22:39: After the two demonstrations have dissolved on Monday evening, admitted a police spokesman a lack of staff in its own ranks. It was expected with a few hundred participants and prepared accordingly, but not with such a number of participants, he said on request of the German Press Agency. "The mission was not trouble-free ." In the afternoon, police chief Sonja Penzel had assured sufficient forces been requested. It was not allowed to allow the Khazians to seize the city, she said.
According to the police in the evening an escalation and a meeting of the two camps could be prevented only with difficulty . The police had also raised water cannons. However, no use had to be made of it. Participants reported in social media that there have been repeated attempts to break the police chain. Also of hooded persons was reported. Observers believe that the situation in the city will initially remain tense. The police also wanted to stay present at night.
Use situation in Chemnitz calmed down according to police - traffic normalized
Update from 27. August, 22.27 Clock: Currently calms the situation in Chemnitz according to the police Saxony. The traffic is normalizing and the emergency services could take a breather, the police say via Twitter.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Langsam beruhigt sich die Einsatzlage in
#Chemnitz. Der Verkehr normalisiert sich und unsere Einsatzkräfte können durchschnaufen.
#c2708 #chemnitz
1:08 PM - Aug 27, 2018
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Update from 27th August, 22:25: On Twitter, the events of the evening in Chemnitz from the subjective perspective of various Twitter users track. A video gives an overview of the terrain around the famous Chemnitz Karl Marx Monument at around 8 pm. There are smoke spots in various places, probably caused by pyrotechnics, whose use the police have repeatedly reported. The user writes: "Situation in #Chemnitz is escalating. Nazis chuck objects. There was panic among the anti-Protestants. #Nazis are now walking around the city. "Police reported at around 8:00 pm throws of" firecrackers and other items from both assembly camps "(see ticker entry at 8:17 pm). Later, the police spoke of isolated clashes between participants of the various meetings (see ticker entry at 21.35 clock) and that the situation is "tense" (see ticker entry at 21.25 clock). There was no talk of an "escalation" on the part of the police.
Marco Böhme@BoehmeMarco
Lage in
#Chemnitz eskaliert gerade. Nazis schmeißen Gegenstände. Es kam zu Panik bei den Gegenprotestanten.
#Nazis laufen jetzt durch Stadt.
#c2708
11:27 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Internet video shows protester with Hitler salute
Update from 27th August, 22:06: On the video of a Twitter user, a man can be seen, who breaks away from the assembly and shows the Hitler salute directly in front of a number of police officers. The user writes: "Neo-Nazis are moving without consultation with the police. One makes the Hitler salute. "
Felix Huesmann
✔@felixhuesmann
Neonazis setzen sich ohne Absprache mit Polizei in Bewegung. Einer macht den Hitlergruß.
#Chemnitz #c2708
9:50 AM - Aug 27, 2018 ·
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At least two injured, eyewitnesses: aggressive mood
Update from 27th August, 21.57 clock : In protest of right and left demonstrators in downtown Chemnitz at least two people were injured on Monday evening. The police did not want to rule out that the number of those affected still increased. For the severity of the injuries were the Police Department Chemnitz initially no information. It had been thrown firecrackers and objects, it was said. Participants reported an aggressive mood.
According to eyewitness reports on the Internet, there were repeated attempts to break the chain of police.Among other things, the police had raised the water cannon. In the evening, both demonstrations broke up.
Police: Both meetings of the evening ended now
Update from 27th August, 21.35 clock: The police announced by Twitter, that now the second meeting of today's Monday is over. Occasionally, therefore, participants of the various meetings came together. The police continue to separate consistently and prevent clashes.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Auch die zweite Versammlung am heutigen Tag wurde soeben beendet. Vereinzelt geraten Teilnehmer der verschiedenen Versammlungen aneinander. Wir trennen weiter konsequent und verhindern Auseinandersetzungen.
#c2708 #chemnitz
12:32 PM - Aug 27, 2018
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Saxony's Minister of the Interior Wöller on site - Thanks to all police officers for calm and prudent action
Update from 27th August, 21.25 clock: As the police tweeted Saxony shortly after 21 clock, paid the Saxon Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) the senior staff during the ongoing mission from a visit. He thanked all police officers for their calm and prudent actions. The situation remains tense.
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Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Innenminister Wöller schaute gerade im Führungsstab vorbei und informierte sich über das laufende Einsatzgeschehen. Er dankt allen eingesetzten Polizisten für ihr ruhiges und besonnenes Handeln. Die Lage bleibt angespannt.
#c2708 #chemnitz
12:05 PM - Aug 27, 2018
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Shortly before half past 9, the assembly Pro Chemnitz has reached its endpoint according to police Twitter message. The overwhelming majority of the participants thus move quickly in all directions. The police continue to ask for peaceful behavior.
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Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Die Versammlung Pro Chemnitz hat den Endpunkt erreicht und wurde soeben beendet. Der überwiegende Teil der Versammlungsteilnehmer entfernt sich zügig in alle Richtungen. Bitte sorgt weiter dafür, dass es friedlich bleibt.
#c2708 #chemnitz
12:21 PM - Aug 27, 2018
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Police: "The overwhelming majority of the participants behave peacefully."
Update from 27. August, 21:02: The situation in Chemnitz seems to have relaxed a bit. As the police reported, the assembly Pro Chemnitz apparently continues on their prescribed route, albeit with strong police escort. Occasionally it came to throws of objects on and from the meeting, so the police by Twitter. The overwhelming majority of the participants behave peacefully.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Die Versammlung Pro Chemnitz läuft weiterhin auf der vorgegebenen Route mit starker Polizeibegleitung. Vereinzelt kam es zu Würfen von Gegenständen auf die und aus der Versammlung. Der überwiegende Teil der Versammlungsteilnehmer verhält sich friedlich.
#c2708 #chemnitz
11:53 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Urgent warning from the police: Stone throwers and hoodlums are being filmed
Update from 27th August, 20:26: The police have urgently warned by Twitter to throw stones. "We saw people picking up stones near the city hall park. More than 100 people have masked themselves. To these persons. "Your actions are filmed. Put off the disguise and put down the objects. "
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Wir haben Personen beobachtet, die im Bereich des Stadthallenpark Steine aufnehmen. Mehr als 100 Personen haben sich vermummt. An diese Personen: "Ihre Handlungen werden gefilmt. Legen Sie die Vermummung ab und die Gegenstände nieder."
#c2708 #chemnitz
11:20 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Assembly Pro Chemnitz stopped because of disguises
Update from 27th August, 20.17 clock: The Assembly Pro Chemnitz was stopped because of several disguises. This tweeted the police Saxony in the evening.
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After several fireworks throws, some people are being treated for injuries. This tweeted the police Saxony on Monday evening.
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The meeting had been asked to drop the disguises. After several throws of fireworks "from both assembly camps" some people were under treatment for injuries. The police urged the demonstrators to stay peaceful.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Die Versammlung Pro Chemnitz wurde nach mehreren Vermummungen angehalten. Die Versammlungsteilnehmer werden aufgefordert Diese abzulegen. Die Verstöße werden aufgezeichnet.
#c2708 #chemnitz
11:13 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Aus beiden Versammlungslagern gab es Würfe von Feuerwerkskörpern und anderen Gegenständen. Dadurch wurden einige Menschen verletzt und müssen nun behandelt werden. Wir fordern eindringlich auf friedlich zu bleiben.
#c2708 #chemnitz
11:08 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Pyrotechnics and water cannon in action: situation in Chemnitz is getting worse
Update from 27th of August, 20.07 clock: On Twitter, the police reported Saxony, they have driven up their Wafferwerfer. Reason for that were probably several litters of pyrotechnics. It calls for refraining from throwing fireworks any further.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Nach mehreren Würfen von Pyrotechnik haben wir unsere Wasserwerfer vorfahren lassen und aufgefordert ein weiteres Abbrennen von Feuerwerkskörpern zu unterlassen.
#c2708 #chemnitz
11:03 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Nach mehreren Würfen von Pyrotechnik haben wir unsere Wasserwerfer vorfahren lassen und aufgefordert ein weiteres Abbrennen von Feuerwerkskörpern zu unterlassen.
#c2708 #chemnitz
11:03 AM - Aug 27, 2018
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Update of August 27, 19:40: The police Saxony twittert , they have "received first evidence of individual disguises and several Hitler greetings from the Pro Chemnitz Assembly." These violations they will pursue immediately.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Wir haben erste Hinweise auf einzelne Vermummungen und mehrere Hitlergrüße aus der Versammlung Pro Chemnitz erhalten. Diesen Verstößen gehen wir unmittelbar nach.
#c2708 #chemnitz
10:34 - 27. Aug. 2018
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Saxony's attorney general is investigating the dispute on Chemnitz city festival
Update of 27 August, 19:19: Saxony's Attorney General Hans Strobl has taken over the investigation of the violent clashes on the edge of the Chemnitz City Festival. The Special Unit Central Office for Extremism Saxony (ZESA), which was set up two years ago, will carry out further investigations, the Prosecutor General's Office announced on Monday evening in Dresden.
"We want to keep the investigation focused and accelerated, so that the alleged perpetrators can be brought to justice as soon as possible," said Strobl. The Saxon Minister of Justice Sebastian Gemkow (CDU) stated that the "swift work of the public prosecutor's office Chemnitz and the police" to the death of a 35-year-old man and several cases of grievous bodily injury had quickly led to first results. These deeds must be cleared up quickly.
"But with the same resolve, we will continue to investigate the subsequent riots," asserted Gemkow.Therefore, it is correct that Strobl has taken over the investigation. "The monopoly on power lies solely with the state, and we will act consistently against those who do not accept it," said the Minister of Justice.
On Monday evening demonstrated in Chemnitz both the right-wing populist civic movement Pro Chemnitz and left groups such as Chemnitz nazifrei. Several hundred people took part in both sides, according to a photographer from the AFP news agency.
It came to it "to a smaller argument of different meeting participants ", communicated the police in the short message service Twitter. As a police spokesman for the AFP news agency said, a demonstrator from the left camp had tried to remove a banner of the right-wing demonstrators from the Karl Marx Monument.The police prevented him from doing so.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Gerade kam es zu einer kleineren Auseinandersetzung verschiedener Versammlungsteilnehmer am Karl Marx Monument. Dies wurde durch die Einsatzkräfte sofort und konsequent unterbunden. Jetzt hat sich die Lage wieder beruhigt.
#c2708 #chemnitz
09:10 - 27. Aug. 2018
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The police spokesman said that there were "one or the other provocation" in the protests, but until now the situation was manageable. The demonstrators of the two camps were strictly separated. The spokesman initially did not want to comment on the number of officials deployed.
Parallel two large demonstrations on Monday in Chemnitz
Update on 27 August, 6:45 pm: The day after the attacks on foreigners in Chemnitz, the police tried to prevent a clash of right and left groups. Shortly after a demonstration against right-wing violence in the city park of Chemnitz, hundreds of demonstrators on Monday rushed towards a rally of the right-wing scene across the street. There they chanted slogans like "nationalism out of their heads" and "there is no right to Nazi propaganda".
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The day after the attacks on foreigners in Chemnitz, the police tried to prevent a clash of right and left groups.
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In sight and earshot, the right-wing scene had requested a rally through the city center at the Karl-Marx-Monument. An estimated 1,000 people had gathered there. At the monument a banner with the saying "Deitsch un 'frei woll'n mer sei" by the poet Anton Günther (1876-1937) was attached. Hundreds of riot police had closed the road between the two rallies.
Update from 27th August, 18.33 clock: One day after attacks on foreigners in Chemnitz, the right-wing scene has requested in addition to a rally also a demonstration through the city center. "We had no way to prohibit the march through the city," said Miko Runkel, Ordnungsbürgermeister of Chemnitz on Monday.However, it had been given appropriate conditions. He did not name details.
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Right-wing demonstrators hold up a billboard in front of the Karl Marx Monument saying "No access to terror".
© dpa / Sebastian Willnow
Well over an hour before the rally of the right-wing groupings in the evening, more than 1,000 people demonstrated in Chemnitz against right-wing violence, separated from the right-wing camp by just a few meters.
The riot police secured both venues with hundreds of officers and tried to prevent a rendezvous between the two factions. "We are well prepared. We requested sufficient forces, "said Chemnitz police chief Sonja Penzel.For tactical reasons, she did not want to provide any information on the number of emergency services.
Baerbock: Saxony needs "broad alliance for cosmopolitanism and for democracy and humanity
Update from 27th August, 18:21: After the attacks against foreigners in Chemnitz, the Green Party of Saxony have called on the state government to put themselves at the head of a counter-movement against right-wing extremism. "There is a different Saxony than these pictures," said Green Party leader Annalena Baerbock on Monday in Berlin with a view to the escalation of the weekend. Saxony needed a "broad alliance for cosmopolitanism and for democracy and humanity," she demanded. The state government, namely the Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU), must "put themselves at the forefront of such an alliance."
In Chemnitz, a German was stabbed and died during a violent confrontation between visitors to the city festival. After that, supporters of right-wing groups marched on Sunday. On videos you can see how foreigners and also policemen were attacked out of the crowd.
Update from 27th August, 18.08 Clock: One day after attacks on foreigners in Chemnitz have demonstrated more than 1,000 people against right-wing violence. "The hunting scenes on people looking for foreigners scare us. We want to show that Chemnitz has a different face: cosmopolitan and against xenophobia, "said the Chemnitz left-chairman Tim Detzner on Monday at a rally outside the city hall. The band Kraftklub called via Twitter to the "Gegendemo" at 17 clock in the Stadthallepark.
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One day after attacks on foreigners in Chemnitz, more than 1,000 people demonstrated there against right-wing violence.
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KRAFTKLUB
✔@Kraftklub
Chemnitz, kommt 17 Uhr alle in den Stadthallenpark zu Gegendemo. Lasst uns nicht allein mit den Vollidioten und Fickfingern.
#c2608
03:27 - 27. Aug. 2018
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For Monday evening (18.30 clock) was also a rally of the right scene in Chemnitz have been registered, in hearing and sight of the left demonstration. The riot police secured both venues with hundreds of officers and tried to prevent a rendezvous between the two factions.
Update from 27. August, 17.48 clock: The day after the hunting scenes on foreigners in Chemnitz sees the police well prepared for the Monday announced new demonstrations . Sufficient forces were used, said Chemnitz police chief Sonja Penzel. The police will not allow the city to be taken by the demonstrators for their own purposes. According to city administration Chemnitz two demonstrations were registered for the Monday evening: one from the alliance "Chemnitz nazifrei" and another from a private person.
Police: Around 50 violent people among the protesters
Update from 27 August, 17:46: Saxony Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) sees in the riots after the killing offense in Chemnitz a "new dimension of escalation" . This left a mark on the officials, "everyone is tense and challenged," said Wöller on Monday in front of journalists in Chemnitz. Many police officers were attacked or attacked in the meantime, some people also said they had to play police themselves.
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Saxony's Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) sees a "new dimension of escalation" in the riots after the killing offense in Chemnitz.
© dpa / Sebastian Willnow
Update of 27 August, 17:26: Around 50 violent people were loud police, the protesters who gathered in Chemnitz on Sunday after the death of a 35-year-olds. These would have set the tone in the elevator with about 800 participants, said the Chemnitz police chief Sonja Penzel on Monday. Policemen were pelted with bottles and stones. Three victims, an Afghan, a Syrian and a Bulgarian, have filed a complaint so far. Penzel called witnesses to hand over possibly existing videos of the riots to the authorities.
Kretschmer calls right mood in Chemnitz case "disgusting"
Update from 27 August, 15:39: Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has called the right mood in the case Chemnitz as "disgusting". Necessary is a comprehensive picture of the events in Chemnitz, where on the weekend a 35-year-old had died a violent death at the city festival, "and no speculation, speculation and rumors," wrote Kretschmer on Monday in the short message service Twitter. "We do not allow the image of our country to be damaged by chaos," he added.
Michael Kretschmer
✔@MPKretschmer
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Antwort an @MPKretschmer
Der Sachverhalt muss umfassend aufgeklärt und die Täter zur Verantwortung gezogen werden. Dazu brauchen wir ein umfassendes Bild von den Geschehnissen und keine Mutmaßungen, Spekulationen und Gerüchte. (SK)
Michael Kretschmer
✔@MPKretschmer
Es ist widerlich, wie Rechtsextreme im Netz Stimmung machen und zur Gewalt aufrufen. Wir lassen nicht zu, dass das Bild unseres Landes durch Chaoten beschädigt wird. (SK)
06:19 - 27. Aug. 2018
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Turkish community indignant over "Pogromversuche" in Chemnitz
Update from August 27, 15:35: The Turkish community in Germany (TGD) is appalled by the recent riots in Chemnitz, Saxony. "Is it that far back in this country that racists hunt for people?" Asked the TGD national chairman Atila Karabörklü on Monday. What happened in Chemnitz should not be classified as "protests", but as "pogrom experiments".
SPD condemns events in Chemnitz
Update from 27th August, 15.30 clock: The SPD has condemned the escalation in Chemnitz after the violent death of a man. "There must be no self-justice in this country," said Secretary General Lars Klingbeil on Monday in Berlin. "We expect that civil society, that all democrats oppose the events that take place there, that they are loud, that they take a stand." He criticized Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, who initially did not comment on the violent incidents. "I expect a responsible Minister of the Interior to speak out," Klingbeil said. "He can not take off at this point."
Homicidal offense in Chemnitz: two arrest warrants applied for
Update from 27th August, 14.19 clock: As the police now announced, two arrest warrants after the killing offense in Chemnitz was requested. The two suspects are a 23-year-old Syrian and a 22-year-old Iraqi.They are strongly suspected to have stabbed several times at the Chemnitz City Festival after a dispute with a knife on a 35-year-old German. He died as a result of the knife wounds.
AfD MPs distanced themselves from a prominent party colleague to Chemnitz-Tweet
Update from 27 August, 14:05: Saxon MPs of the AfD parliamentary group distanced themselves from a comment of their group colleagues Markus Frohnmaier
(see update at 11.50 clock) . The deputy Jens Maier, former judge in Dresden, said: "We are not very happy about it." The AfD is a "constitutional party", which does not question the monopoly of power of the state.
The deputies condemned the recent "excesses of violence" in Chemnitz and called the citizens of the city to prudence. At the same time they expressed on Monday in Berlin understanding of the anger of the demonstrators from the previous day. Saxony's AFD Vice-Siegbert Droese said: "How that may have come about, the case, so with all the speculation that it may lead one or the other to imprudence, I can quite understand."
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Markus Frohnmaier (AFD) calls for self-justice in the network. He was in the Bundestag election campaign spokesman for the AFD top candidate Alice Weidel and until 2018 chairman of the Junge Alternative.
© dpa / Sebastian Willnow, Markus Frohnmaier
Saxony's Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) has condemned the right-wing violence in Chemnitz. The approach of violent and violent criminals is unbearable, said Wöller on Monday in the ARD-noon magazine.In addition, the Interior Minister turned against mood in the network. "We have a situation that is unbearable for me and for many others. We have speculations, we have speculations, we have false announcements and real lies in the network, "Wöller said. "I can only ask us all to stay calm, stay calm and handle the case along the facts and then draw appropriate conclusions."
Saxon police must once again defend against Chemnitz hoax: not a second fatality
Update from 27th August, 13.10 clock: Again, the Saxon police have to defend against Twitter against unfounded rumors. In addition to the death two more men were injured in the night of Sunday. The rumor spread across the Net that there would be a second death toll. That was not the case, the police said on Monday morning via Twitter.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Klarstellung! Entgegen anderslautender Gerüchte gibt es nach dem Zwischenfall in
#Chemnitz keinen zweiten Todesfall. Zum gestrigen Einsatzverlauf werden wir uns im Laufe des Tages äußern.
#C2608 #c2708
02:09 - 27. Aug. 2018
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Left and right groups call for new demos in Chemnitz
Update from 27th August, 12:50: After the violent death of a 35-year-old and the appearance of alleged right-wing extremists left and right groups called for Monday for further demonstrations. Left-wing groups like "Chemnitz nazifrei" and "Leipzig take a seat" announced a demonstration against a rally planned by the "Bürgerbewegung Pro Chemnitz".
Meanwhile, the public prosecutor's office was rushing to investigate the homicide case. During the course of the day, a decision will be made as to whether an arrest warrant will be sought against the two 22 and 23-year-old men arrested near the scene of the crime.
Spokesman of the Federal Government condemns hunts in Chemnitz
Update from 27th of August, 11.55 o'clock: Now announces the speaker of Angela Merkel to word."Such riots, chases on people of different appearance, other origins, or the attempt to spread hatred on the streets, we do not take," said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Monday. The federal government condemn the incidents in Chemnitz "in the strongest terms".
"What was seen in places in Chemnitz yesterday and what was also recorded in videos, that has no place in our constitutional state." The federal government condemn the incidents in Chemnitz "in the strictest terms".
Prominent AFD member of parliament appeals to Chemnitz for self-justice
Update from 27th of August, 11.50 o'clock: The AfD member of parliament Markus Frohnmaier called open on Sunday on Twitter to the self-justice. He wrote: "If the state can no longer protect citizens, people go out on the streets and protect themselves. Very easily! Today, it is civic duty to stop the deadly 'knife migration' (sic!). "
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With this tweet, AFD MdB Markus Frohnmaier called on the citizens to self-justice.
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In a video clip
(see update at 6.30 clock) is also seen how policemen were attacked by right-wing demonstrators, although they actually wanted to go for more order and law on the streets. Frohnmaier, the spokesman for the AFD top candidate Alice Weidel in the election campaign and was chairman of the boys alternative until February 2018, approved with his tweet that citizens take the right into their own hands. In the comments, several Twitter users announced that they would like to view the well-networked member of parliament, who was also the spokesman for former party leader Frauke Petry, and to report to Twitter.
"Who calls for self-justice, belongs behind bars, not in the Bundestag," wrote a Twitter user. So far, the tweet is still visible and not removed.
Police defend themselves via Twitter against speculation after killing in Chemnitz
Update from 27th August, 9.25 Clock: Still the background of the homicidal offense are unclear.However, there are all sorts of rumors on the net, among other things, the killed a harassed woman has come to the rescue and therefore been attacked. The police made clear already on Sunday that there are no indications for this. People should not participate in speculation.
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Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Entgegen der in einigen Medien kursierenden Infos, gibt es nach jetzigem Ermittlungsstand bzgl. des Tötungsdelikts in
#Chemnitz keinerlei Anhaltspunkte, dass eine Belästigung der Auseinandersetzung vorausging. Bitte beteiligt euch nicht an Spekulationen!
https://www.polizei.sachsen.de/de/MI_2017_59002.htm …
06:27 - 26. Aug. 2018
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When a Twitter user insists on his "God given right" to be allowed to speculate on the origin of the perpetrators, the police Saxony answers: "Sometimes we wonder what's going on with the people ..."
Daniel Colclas@DanielColclas
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26. Aug. 2018
Antwort an @PolizeiSachsen
Ich nehme an die Täter sind Asylbewerber? Solange Sie keine Informationen zur Verfügung stellen, ist es unser Gott gegeben Recht über alles und jeden zu spekulieren.
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Wir haben eine Bitte geäußert. Natürlich kann man auch sein "von Gott gegebenes Recht zum spekulieren" nutzen. Genauso wie unnütze Tweets absetzen. Das bringt genau wem was? Niemanden. Manchmal fragen wir uns was mit den Leuten los ist...
#Chemnitz #keinverständnisdafür *fs
07:23 - 26. Aug. 2018
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How tense the social media team of the police on Sunday, is also clear on another tweet. "If the lyre does not get silly," police responded to allegations by rightwing trolls that information was withheld for political reasons. Ironically, the tweet added: "To do this, I need to call Mrs. Merkel to find out what I can say."
flieger59@googlemail.com@flieger59googl1
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26. Aug. 2018
Antwort an @PolizeiSachsen @DanielColclas
Dann klärt das Deutsche Volk richtig auf, oder habt ihr einen Maulkorb verpasst bekommen von Merkel und Co, wenn es Asylbewerber waren kommt es eh raus!!!
Polizei Sachsen
✔@PolizeiSachsen
Kleinen Moment, dazu muss ich erst Frau Merkel anrufen, um zu erfahren was ich sagen darf.
Wird die Leier nicht langsam albern? Zunächst müssen die Täter ermittelt werden, dann kann man auch mehr vermelden. Erst wissen, dann reden - nicht umgekehrt.
#c2608 #Chemnitz *fs
10:28 - 26. Aug. 2018
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That happened:
Hunting scenes by rights in Chemnitz - city festival canceled
Update from 27th August, 6.30 clock: The spontaneous deployment of hundreds of people after the violent death of a 35-year-old Germans in Chemnitz busy on Monday police and city. A city spokesman said that the events of Sunday would have to be evaluated. The entire night, more and more emergency personnel were on the move in the city. "It was quiet. There were no special events at night, "said a spokesman for the police.
Rumors that the two suspects arrested near the crime scene are Syrian are not reported by the police.
According to Tag24 it says: "As long as it is not clear whether the two detainees are suspects, there is no statement about nationality." In the dispute, a total of "a maximum of ten people" have been involved, the police said.
According to Tag24, right-wing hooligans from the football scene took part in the demo. First, it was said that the city festival was terminated prematurely for reasons of piety after the death on Sunday. But in truth, there were probably also safety concerns, as the police admitted in a press conference: "It was feared that football fans from all over Saxony and Brandenburg could come to Chemnitz.Cops from Dresden and Leipzig were deducted from football and relocated to Chemnitz." On the Internet there was, among other things, the appeal of the group "Heimat und Tradition Chemnitz Erzgebirge", where it was said: "Let us show together who has the say in the city."
According to police, it remained with bottle throwing and right slogans. On the Internet, however, are also circulating shots that show how police and foreign-looking people were attacked.
An image reporter witnesses this : "In the Johannis car park, isolated rights literally hunted down a group of young foreigners."
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Video aus Chemnitz. Rechtsextreme Hools und Nazis überrannten die völlig überforderte Polizei, zogen Richtung Innenstadt, wo es laut Beobachtern vor Ort zu Jagdszenen auf Migrant*innen kam.
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Lars Wienand
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Menschen, die in Chemnitz "für Ordnung sorgen" wollen.
Und die Polizei, die von solchen Leuten eine Stufe runter aufs Kreuz geworfen wird.
12:54 - 26. Aug. 2018
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#c2608 Video: Fascists attacking a migrant in
#Chemnitz #Germany today. This was 1 of many attacks out of a demo of more than 1000. Fascists are mobilizing to Chemnitz for tomorrow again.
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Stadtfest Chemnitz canceled because of hooligans: Mayor "horrified"
Update from 26th August, 22.10 Uhr : "If I see what has developed here in the hours on Sunday, then I am horrified," said Mayor Barbara Ludwig (SPD) the MDR. "The fact that it is possible that people meet, accumulate and thus bring a city festival to demolition, run through the city and threaten people - that's bad." Initially, the organizers had given pious reasons for the demolition of the festival.
According to the police, there had been several calls on the Internet on Sunday to find themselves in the city center. According to the information, at around 3:00 pm around 100 people gathered there . This was trouble-free. This meeting was based on a call of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). This was followed by another meeting at 16.30 . According to media reports, the ultra-football association Kaotic Chemnitz had called for this meeting. At the second meeting, according to police, about 800 people participated .
"The group of people did not respond to the police response and showed no willingness to cooperate," the officials said. The grouping had suddenly set in motion. The police were initially only with little force on site, it said. Other emergency services came from Dresden and Leipzig at this time. The accumulations had gradually dissolved in the evening. According to the police, four ads are being processed, including two for assault, one for threat, and one for resisting law enforcement officials.
Right demo in Chemnitz: bottles thrown in the direction of the police
Update from 26th August, 21.49 clock: In the protest trains on Sunday through Chemnitz it came to clashes with the police, according to the police department Chemnitz. About 800 people gathered at the famous Karl Marx Monument and then moved through the city center. There were bottles thrown in the direction of the police. At least one officer was injured in a riot, a police spokeswoman said to AFP.
The police initially had four complaints: "These are two assault charges, one threat report and one ad for resisting law enforcement officers."
According to the
newspaper Freie Presse , the demonstrators followed the call for a right-wing ultra football association that had called on Facebook to "show who in the city has to say that." Users of the short message service Twitter wrote about hunting scenes on migrants. The police spokeswoman could give no information in this regard.
Apparently, the police was initially overwhelmed with the situation: the official was initially "only with little force on the ground". Therefore, forces of the Saxon riot police were relocated to Chemnitz. "The forces will also be present at night in the city," said the police department Chemnitz.
The cause of the protests was the death of a 35-year-old German at night on Sunday. According to the police, it was around 3:15 clock come to a "violent confrontation between several people of different nationalities."Three men aged 33, 35 and 38 years were seriously injured. The 35-year-old succumbed to his injuries later in the hospital. According to the
free press , the murder weapon is supposed to be a later-found knife.R
Rights Union demands: Show who is in charge in Chemnitz
Update from 26th August, 20.47 clock: After the violent death of a 35-year-old in Chemnitz hundreds of protesting people have moved through the Saxon city. For this reason, the authorities had to order "additional units of riot police to Chemnitz", as the police wrote Twitter on Sunday in the short message service. According to the newspaper "Freie Presse", the demonstrators followed the call for a right-wing ultra-football association, which called on Facebook to "show who is in charge of the city."
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Hier das Statement der PD Chemnitz bzgl. der Personenansammlungen am heutigen Tag:
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11:46 - 26. Aug. 2018
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The trigger was the death of a 35-year-old at night on Sunday. According to the police, it was around 3:15 clock come to a "violent confrontation between several people of different nationalities." Three men aged 33, 35 and 38 years were seriously injured. The 35-year-old succumbed to his injuries later in the hospital.According to "Free Press", the murder weapon is supposed to be a later found knife.
Stadtfest canceled - Chemnitz city spokesman: "We are scared"
Update from 26th August, 20.42 clock: The city of Chemnitz has shown concern about the spontaneous demonstrations in the city center. "We are shocked by the crowds that have happened," said city spokesman Robert Gruner in the evening. We wanted to celebrate together peacefully the anniversary of the city. Now, however, it has been shown that it was right to cancel the city festival prematurely. Instead of 20.00 clock ended the festival already at 16.00 clock. Reason were according to his information security concerns. At first, piety reasons had been stated.
Also AfD has called for rally in Chemnitz
Chemnitz - A police spokeswoman confirmed the deployment of hundreds of people in Chemnitz. The background is the death of a 35-year-old German after a fateful dispute between people of several nationalities on the night of Sunday after the Chemnitz City Festival, in which also knives are said to have been used.
As the
picture reported, were among the demonstrators "violent rights", which protested against foreigner crime and chanted slogans such as "We are the people" . The Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk (MDR) reported on scuffles. Anti-fascist activists reported on social media about attacks on migrants. The police were initially no evidence of riots known.
In the early afternoon, the alternative for Germany (AfD) had initially called via Twitter to a rally. This call was followed by about 100 people. This event remained trouble-free, according to the police . This was followed by the second rally, which was followed by significantly more people.
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After a fatal fight in Chemnitz hundreds of people moved through the city center on Sunday afternoon.
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After deadly stabbing: Police warn of rumors on the Internet
In the fateful night of Sunday in Chemnitz, police temporarily arrested two 22 and 23-year-old men who had moved away from the scene. At first, the police did not want to comment on their nationality, as it was still being examined whether and how they were involved in the dispute. Procuratorate and police investigate manslaughter. According to the police, men of several nationalities were involved in the dispute with a maximum of ten people after initial investigations.
The reason for the argument in the night to Sunday is unclear after first information. The assault was preceded by a verbal dispute. Several people then fled the scene.
Coursing information, according to which the dispute should have been preceded by a harassment of women, confirmed after first investigations of the police not. The police called on Twitter not to participate in speculation.
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Entgegen der in einigen Medien kursierenden Infos, gibt es nach jetzigem Ermittlungsstand bzgl. des Tötungsdelikts in
#Chemnitz keinerlei Anhaltspunkte, dass eine Belästigung der Auseinandersetzung vorausging. Bitte beteiligt euch nicht an Spekulationen!
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Chemnitz city festival after stabbing canceled for reasons of piety
The 35-year-old victim died of his injuries at the hospital. The other two injured men were also hospitalized.Witnesses were heard on Sunday, a spokeswoman said. For tactical reasons, the police initially wanted to give any further information.
For reasons of piety, the organizers of the Stadtfest decided on Sunday in Chemnitz for an early termination.Instead of 20 clock ended the festival at 16 clock, as Sören Uhle of the Economic Development Chemnitz said.
