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Members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, along with other conservatives, engaged in a protest march in Chemnitz on Friday August 31 that spread throughout the weekend. 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.

Members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, along with other conservatives, engaged in a protest march in Chemnitz on Friday August 31 that spread throughout the weekend. 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.

Leaders of Germany's Alternative for Germany party and of populist group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West wore dark suits and held white roses as they began what they called a ''"mourning march"''. Demonstrators held up placards showing portraits of murder victims of muslim migrants. The German interior minister [[Horst Seehofer]] defended the Chemnitz protesters by calling muslim migration ''"the mother of all problems"''.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6138537/Germanys-interior-minister-Horst-Seehofer-defends-Chemnitz-protesters.html 'Migration is the mother of all problems': Germany's interior minister defends Chemnitz protesters and says demonstrating 'doesn't make you a Nazi' as he sympathises with locals]</ref>

Leaders of Germany's Alternative for Germany party and of populist group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West wore dark suits and held white roses as they began what they called a ''"mourning march"''. Demonstrators held up placards showing portraits of murder victims of Muslim migrants. The German interior minister [[Horst Seehofer]] defended the Chemnitz protesters by calling Muslim migration ''"the mother of all problems"''.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6138537/Germanys-interior-minister-Horst-Seehofer-defends-Chemnitz-protesters.html 'Migration is the mother of all problems': Germany's interior minister defends Chemnitz protesters and says demonstrating 'doesn't make you a Nazi' as he sympathises with locals]</ref>

==Daniel Hillig==

==Daniel Hillig==

On Sunday August 26 at 3.15am near the 7 metre statue of Karl Marx in Chemnitz, Daniel Hillig, a local 35-year-old carpenter with a German mother and Cuban father, was stabbed and died a short time later of his injuries in hospital.

On Sunday August 26 at 3.15am near the 7-meter statue of Karl Marx in Chemnitz, Daniel Hillig, a local 35-year-old carpenter with a German mother and Cuban father, was stabbed and died a short time later of his injuries in hospital.

Two Russian friends were also badly wounded in the kniffings and, as news spread, locals began laying flowers on the scarlet-splattered paving stones where the attacks took place.  

Two Russian friends were also badly wounded in the kniffings and, as news spread, locals began laying flowers on the scarlet-splattered paving stones where the attacks took place.  

German police fired water cannons and used pepper spray in the city of Chemnitz on Monday September 27, during a second day of protests, as 6,000 alt-right demonstrators, with some (according to the leftist [[Cable News Network]]) chanting neo-Nazi slogans and giving Hitler salutes, as they clashed with police and counter-protesters over the fatal stabbing of Daniel Hillig.

German police fired water cannons and used pepper spray in the city of Chemnitz on Monday September 27, during a second day of protests, as 6,000 alt-right demonstrators, with some (according to the leftist [[Cable News Network]]) chanting neo-Nazi slogans and giving Hitler salutes, as they clashed with police and counter-protesters over the fatal stabbing of Daniel Hillig.

His widow told Bild that Mr Hillig would not have wanted the protests. ''"Daniel was neither left nor right,"'' she said. ''"I looked at the events on Saturday night – this was not about Daniel at all."''

His widow told Bild that Mr. Hillig would not have wanted the protests. ''"Daniel was neither left nor right,"'' she said. ''"I looked at the events on Saturday night – this was not about Daniel at all."''

A makeshift shrine on the pavement where Daniel was stabbed has become a focal point for the city’s grief — and anger.

A makeshift shrine on the pavement where Daniel was stabbed has become a focal point for the city’s grief — and anger.

==Arrests==

==Arrests==

A 22-year-old Iraqi man and a 23-year-old Syrian were arrested over Mr Hillig's death.

A 22-year-old Iraqi man and a 23-year-old Syrian were arrested over Mr. Hillig's death.

Police say one of the two suspects, a 22-year-old Iraqi man who arrived in Germany with false documents, was due to be deported and had chalked up a considerable criminal record in Germany: fraud, drug possession, damage to property.

Police say one of the two suspects, a 22-year-old Iraqi man who arrived in Germany with false documents, was due to be deported and had chalked up a considerable criminal record in Germany: fraud, drug possession, damage to property.