Thousands of Far-Right Demonstrators Stage Anti-Immigrant Protest in Chemnitz

Thousands of far-right protesters gathered in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Monday, August 27, in a second day of demonstrations after a 35-year-old carpenter was stabbed to death at a street festival on Sunday.This fifteen minute footage shows the scale of the protests. A massive crowd by Chemnitz’s Karl Marx Monument can be seen as well as well as multiple police vehicles.According to police estimates, about 6,000 supporters of the right-wing Pro Chemnitz group were at the scene, along with about 1,500 counterprotesters. Scuffles broke out as the groups exchanged words and both sides threw pyrotechnics and debris at each other, according to Deutsche Welle.A 23-year-old Syrian and a 22-year-old Iraqi have been arrested over Sunday’s fatal stabbing, German public broadcaster MDR reported. The incident sparked Sunday and Monday’s anti-migrant protests in the city. Credit: Frank Stollberg via Storyful