In clashes with the football hooligans, the demonstrators on Sunday in Cologne against the Islamists, 44 police officers were injured – police announced Monday. 17 violent rioters were detained. Authorities say the quality of new violence.
In the demonstration, which authorities have previously given their consent, attended by more than 4 thousand. describing themselves as “hooligans” fans of different football clubs and the German people associated with the extreme right-wing organizations. As declared their aim was to protest against the growing influence of the radical faction of Islam Germany – Salafism.
The Movement “Hooligans against salafitom” was founded as a settlement of people in contact with each other through social networking sites on the internet. According to ARD public television, in Sunday’s demonstration was also attended by neo-Nazis in the Netherlands.
During the march through the old town of Cologne riots. Officers pelted with pieces of rails, stones, bottles and firecrackers, to which the answer was the intervention with the use of batons, pepper spray and water cannon. The demonstrators overturned and destroyed several police cars. Chanted slogans hostile to foreigners, including “foreigners won.”
– It was not a right-wing demonstration. It was a provocative demonstration hooligans brawl, which joined the right-wing extremists. We have to deal with the new formation; we have to accept this fact – said the Minister of Internal Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ralf Jaeger. As announced in the future does not consent to the demonstrations of this kind.
The German minister of justice Heiko Maas warned that the state will use “all available legal means” to prevent the escalation of violence on the part of the hooligans and Salafists. Opposition accuses the authorities disregard the threat. According to the CDU police forces were too small to effectively prevent unrest.
The activities having contacts with right-wing extremist groups “Hooligans against salafitom” is closely watched by security personnel constitutional order. Before Sunday’s demonstration event expressed concern that the national social democratic Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Hannelore Kraft.
In recent weeks radical Islamists have declared themselves as supporters of the Islamic State attacked on the streets of German cities Kurds calling for help from the West in the fight against jihadists . In Dortmund Islamist groups, among others pikietując discos, upominały Muslims to live according to a radical interpretation of Islam. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Salafist groups reject democracy and seek to introduce the rule of Sharia (Islamic law).
The head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), Hans-Georg Maassen said in a Saturday interview with the Berlin public radio Inforadio that Germany there are about 6.3 thousand. Muslims belonging to the radical Salafist movement, and by the end of this year, this number may increase up to 7 thousand. He recalled that three years ago dysponowały information service about 3.8 thousand. living in Germany radical Muslims.
The German authorities estimate that about 450 German Salafist left the country to join jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq.
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