In Hamburg, around 10,000 people were loudly demonstrating against xenophobia and right-baiting on Wednesday after police. The occasion was a rally of a "Merkel must go" alliance, which after months of interruption is now to take place again regularly in Hanseatic city. According to information provided by Hamburg constitutional protection, organizers are right-wing extremists, who also have to maintain links with AfD.
According to police, only about 180 people followed call for right rally. The counter-demonstrators moved in two separate elevators through city centre towards goose market, where "Merkel must-go" rally took place. Siegfried Daebritz had also come to this, number two of xenophobic Pegida from Dresden. As a Speaker Dennis Augustin appeared, according to AfD-website district chairman in southwest Mecklenburg. The rally was clearly drowned out by loud protest calls from counter-demonstrators.
Against backdrop of events in Chemnitz, police were on site with almost 1,000 civil servants. She had sealed off rally spot with lattices, also water cannons and Rider Squadron were ready. The Hamburg police were assisted by colleagues from Berlin, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rhineland-Palatinate and federal Police.
As police shared, demonstrations were largely trouble-free. Accordingly, after conclusion of "Merkel must be off" rally, officials set short water cannons as departing participants and y accompanying police officers from set of counter-demonstrators were pelteded out with objects. In addition, a right-handed protester threw a stone against a journalist that a criminal procedure had been initiated. A participant of "Merkel must go" rally was according to data after leaving demonstration attacked and injured, a suspect was arrested. Orwise, protests were loud but peaceful, it was said.
The applicants for counter-demonstrations were alliances hamburgers vote for diversity and Wednesdays toger against right baiting. The protection of Constitution had also warned against mobilisation of violent leftist extremists. However, re were only occasional followers of left-extremist autonomous scene.
The right rally in afternoon was already a topic in Hamburg's citizenship. In a current hour, almost all groups condemned misuse of death in Chemnitz, where a 35-year-old had been stabbed by populists and right-wing extremists. The AfD rejected alleged links with extremists, but qualified event planned in Hamburg. "This is not a AfD demo, but an event of free citizens," said Bundestag group chief Alexander Wolf.
Between February and April, re had already been ten "Merkel must go" rallies in Hamburg – also with a small number of participants and always much stronger against protest.
Note: The police had indicated number of participants at "Merkel must go" rally at first with about 125 and number later corrected upward.
Date Of Update: 06 September 2018, 12:00
