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Mon Sep 25, 2017, 06:46 AM Sep 2017

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.

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/09/24/Anti-AfD-protests-break-out-in-Germany/6771506292696/

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