2018 Chemnitz protests

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2018 Chemnitz Protests
The Brückenstraße in Chemnitz, where the stabbing attack and several protests occurred
Date	26 August – 1 September 2018
Location	Brückenstraße, Chemnitz, Germany
Caused by	Stabbing of a German man by immigrants
Methods	Protests, Demonstrations, Rioting, Assault
Parties
Right-wing and Nationalist protestors AfD Pro Chemnitz Kaotic Chemnitz NPD Faust des Ostens Chemnitz Police Left-wing counter-protesters
Number
8,000 600 1,500
Casualties
Death(s)	1
Injuries	23

The 2018 Chemnitz protests took place in Chemnitz, in the German state of Saxony. In the early morning of 26 August, after a festival celebrating the city's founding, a fight broke out resulting in the death of a German man and serious injuries to two other people. Two Kurdish immigrants, one from Iraq and the other from Syria, were named as suspects. The incident reignited the tensions surrounding immigration to Germany, which had been ongoing since 2015, and the European migrant crisis. In response, mass protests against immigration were ignited by far-right groups. The protests spawned riots and were followed by counter-demonstrations.