ANGRY mobs of protesters have clashed with cops in Germany in the wake of the Magdeburg Christmas market massacre.
People stormed through the city following the arrest of a refugee Saudi doctor who is suspected of killing four women and a nine-year-old boy in the rampage. Up to 1,000 people are believed to have taken part in the march, which was led by a giant banner with the word “remigration” scrawled across it.
Many of the protesters shouted slogans such as “Anyone who doesn’t love Germany should leave Germany” and “Take back our homeland.” The demonstration was largely peaceful, but a few minor fights broke out as right-wing extremists and hooligans clashed with police.
The violence came as police were investigating the motives behind the Christmas market attack, which is believed to be linked to the suspect’s dissatisfaction with the treatment of refugees from Saudi Arabia and his alleged Islamophobia.
The 50-year-old Saudi doctor, identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, is a former refugee who was granted asylum in Germany and had been working as a psychiatrist in the nearby town of Bernburg.
Protesters in Magdeburg demanded mass deportations and shouted anti-immigrant slogans, with some chanting “Remigration now” and “Stop the invasion.” Others carried signs that read “Merkel must go” and “We want our country back.”
Despite the protests, thousands of people came together to celebrate the lives of the victims and pay their respects at a memorial service at Magdeburg Cathedral.