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Many of the German protestors had been angered by Angela Merkel's pledge to take in a million refugees to fill the gap in the country's rapidly shrinking population.

Many of the German protestors had been angered by Angela Merkel's pledge to take in a million refugees to fill the gap in the country's rapidly shrinking population.

According to the [[Irish Times]], ''an estimated 5,000 neo-Nazis, violent football hooligans and angry locals, joined a “march of mourning” for the dead man. Many of the crowd – mostly men aged 20-50 – held signs reading “Stop the asylum flood”; others with free hands gave the forbidden Hitler salute and chanted: “Germany for Germans, foreigners out.”''

According to the [[Irish Times]], ''an estimated 5,000 neo-Nazis, violent football hooligans and angry locals, joined a “march of mourning” for the dead man. Many of the crowd – mostly men aged 20-50 – held signs reading “Stop the asylum flood”; others with free hands gave the forbidden Hitler salute and chanted: “Germany for Germans, foreigners out.”''<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/chemnitz-riots-reveal-new-german-migration-fault-line-1.3614176 Chemnitz riots reveal new German migration fault line]</ref>

''"What we have seen is something which has no place in a constitutional democracy,"'' Merkel said on September 28 in Berlin, during a joint news conference alongside Croatian Prime Minister [[Andrej Plenkovic]].

''"What we have seen is something which has no place in a constitutional democracy,"'' Merkel said on September 28 in Berlin, during a joint news conference alongside Croatian Prime Minister [[Andrej Plenkovic]].