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Tuesday 20 October 2015
German anti-Islam group’s anniversary rally ends in violence
FRANK JORDANS ing to block their path. Mar- for “Patriotic Europeans as “refugees not welcome.” candidate to be mayor of
Associated Press ko Laske, a spokesman for against the Islamization of Speakers who touched on Cologne.
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — city police, said one person the West” — is becoming the issue of migration elic- The attacker told police he
Violence flared in the east- was hospitalized and a more radical. ited chants of “send them acted out of anti-foreigner
ern city of Dresden after counter-demonstrator was German officials accuse back.” motives.
German anti-Islam group detained. the group of trying to capi- Germany’s top security of- Interior Minister Thomas de
PEGIDA staged a rally to Dresden authorities had talize on fears of immigra- ficial warned that groups Maiziere told public broad-
mark its first anniversary warned ahead of the pro- tion amid an unprecedent- such as PEGIDA were pav- caster ARD late Sunday
Monday. test that they would crack ed influx of refugees to ing the way for violence, that the domestic intelli-
Scuffles broke out when down hard on violence, the country over the past citing a sharp increase in gence service was moni-
police tried to separate far- amid growing concern months. attacks on refugee shelters toring PEGIDA and called
right protesters and coun- in Germany that PEGIDA Many in the crowd held this year and a weekend its leaders “hard far-right
ter-demonstrators attempt- — whose name stands banners with slogans such knife attack on a leading extremists.”q
Thousands rush into Croatia as police reopen Serbia border
JOVANA GEC more migrants to enter since Saturday, had been
Croatia bound for its small blocked by Croat police.
Associated Press Alpine neighbor, which Now the officers stood
also has been struggling to aside to permit asylum-
BERKASOVO, Serbia (AP) slow the flow of humanity seekers by the thousands
across its frontiers — and to walk toward buses for
— Thousands of people try- faced another wave of transport north — where
trekkers seeking to reach they would become Slove-
ing to reach the heart of Austria and Germany to nia’s problem.
the north. Croatia’s prime minister,
Europe surged across Ser- “Without any announce- Zoran Milanovic, said his
ment, the borders opened. country had hoped to min-
bia’s border into Croatia When the borders opened, imize the flow of people
everybody rushed,” said following Hungary’s deci-
on Monday after authori- Melita Sunjic, a spokes- sion to seal its border with
woman for the U.N. refu- Croatia, but conditions on
ties eased restrictions that gee agency, who was sta- the poorly sheltered Serb
tioned at the Serb-Croat side of the border had
had left them stranded for border. quickly grown unbearable.
Many had discarded their “It’s apparent that this is no
days in ankle-deep mud mud-soaked socks and solution, so we will let them
walked only in sandals or through. We will send them
and rain. slippers through the ankle- toward Slovenia,” Mila-
deep muck in a driving novic said. q
The miserable wave of hu-
manity left behind a field
scattered with soaked
blankets, mud-caked
clothing and water-logged Children take shelter from the rain in Sredisce ob Dravi, a border
crossing between Croatia and Slovenia Monday, Oct. 19, 2015.
tents as they headed for Hundreds of migrants have spent the night in rain and cold at
Croatia’s border after being refused entry into Slovenia.
Slovenia, the next obstacle
(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
to their quest to reach rich-
rain, frigid winds and fog. ia were aided by friends
er European Union nations Some who had lost limbs pushing their wheelchairs
during the civil war in Syr- down a country lane that,
via the Balkans.
Monday’s surprise move al-
lowed an estimated 3,000
Libyan government rejects UN power-sharing proposal
RAMI MUSA form a unity government government is based in the Tobruk government saw this The Tripoli government ob-
Associated Press because the U.N. refused capital, Tripoli. as an attempt to remove jects to the deal because it
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — to exclude amendments The U.N. envoy for Libya, their fiercely anti-Islamist does not provide sufficient
Libya’s internationally rec- added by the Islamist au- Bernardino Leon, an- army chief, Gen. Khalifa guarantees that Islamic law
ognized government on thorities without its consent, nounced the proposal Hifter, whose forces have will be implemented, mem-
Monday rejected a U.N. Farraj Abu Hashem told The along with a list of can- been battling Islamist mili- bers of the Islamist parlia-
proposal for a power-shar- Associated Press. didates to head the new tias nationwide for over a ment said on condition of
ing arrangement with ri- Libya slid into chaos after body on Oct. 8. year, government spokes- anonymity because they
val Islamist-led authorities the 2011 toppling and kill- The amendments that an- man Ali Tekbali said. are not authorized to brief
that was intended to bring ing of longtime dictator gered the Tobruk lawmak- The Islamist-led govern- reporters. Both govern-
peace to the north African Moammar Gadhafi. The ers would have given the ment did not officially reject ments have slammed Leon
nation. internationally recognized unity government the pow- the deal, but said “signing it for announcing candidates
The internationally recog- government is based in the er to fire all senior Libyan of- would lead to further com- for the unity government
nized parliament will not far eastern town of Tobruk, ficials not unanimously ap- plications” in a statement when they had not agreed
sign the agreement to while a rival Islamist-led proved by its members. The issued Monday. on forming one yet. q
