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Pegida Denies Reported Assault on Dresden Refugee Camp

© AFP 2023 / DPA / ARNO BURGIPeople march during a demonstration of the socalled movement of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident aka Pegida, in Dresden
People march during a demonstration of the socalled movement of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident aka Pegida, in Dresden - Sputnik International
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The German-based anti-Islamization group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (Pegida) dismissed the report that after a demonstration in Dresden on Monday some 100 Pegida supporters tried to storm a refugee camp.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The German-based anti-Islamization group Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (Pegida) on Tuesday dismissed reports of an alleged assault on a refugee camp in Dresden.

Earlier in the day, several German media outlets reported that after a demonstration in Dresden on Monday some 100 Pegida supporters tried to storm a refugee camp erected on the Theaterplatz Square last week by activists who campaigned for refugees' rights. News outlets also cited local police as saying that they managed to prevent the clashes between Pegida supporters and refugees.

Organizer Lutz Bachmann, speaks during a news conference of the group 'Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West' (PEGIDA) in Dresden - Sputnik International
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In a statement posted on Facebook, the Pegida movement said the assault was invented by the media and argued that the police solely spoke about “verbal provocations."

Pegida said that as its supporters came to the camp, ”there already were masked, unidentified people crying out senseless chants,” and denied any aggression toward the camp. The organization concluded that “another attempt to discredit PEGIDA is therefore failed.”

Pegida, an anti-Islamization group, has faced some criticism over its alleged xenophobic and islamophobic character. However, the organization denies it has any underlying far-right ideology. Instead, it claims to seek stricter immigration rules in Germany, particularly for Muslims.

On Monday, some 6,200 people participated in the weekly Pegida march in Dresden, according to Der Spiegel news outlet. In contrast, only 4,800 people came to the demonstration last week.

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