Anti-AfD protests break out in Germany
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Protesters in Germany took to the streets of Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg to make their views known after the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party won more than 13 percent of the vote in Sunday's federal election.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was relected to a fourth term but her election victory was also marked by a relatively strong performance of the national AfD in the polls, Al Jazeera reported.
According to Deutsche Welle, about 700 protesters assembled on Berlin's Alexanderplatz Sunday evening, carrying umbrellas and anti-AfD signs while chanting, "Racism is not an alternative," "AfD is a bunch of racists," and "Nazis out!"
The gathered crowd also shouted, "The whole of Berlin hates AfD," the German news service reported.
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