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“Precautionary measure based on risk assessment” – Police shield Islam critics
The Pax Europa stand in Dortmund is protected by boundaries and guarded by the police
Source: dpa/Alex Talash
A knife assault at a stand of the anti-Islam motion Pax Europa has brought on horror. The group doesn’t wish to be intimidated and is demonstrating in Dortmund beneath heavy police safety.
Rand per week after the knife assault within the neighborhood of an occasion of the anti-Islam motion Pax Europa in Mannheim, the affiliation held a rally in Dortmund beneath heavy police safety. “We are on site with a strong contingent,” stated a police spokesman on Saturday. In addition to uniformed cops, plainclothes officers are additionally on obligation.
The spokesman didn’t wish to say precisely what number of cops have been concerned for tactical causes. The gathering was cordoned off with two rows of fences, with cops standing between them for added safety. The entry to the cordoned off space was additionally being managed, the spokesman defined.
“This is a special precautionary measure based on the risk assessment. The incidents in Mannheim are of course included in such an assessment, and security measures have been increased accordingly,” stated the police spokesman. There have been remoted verbal arguments with listeners, that are regular at such rallies, however total it was “very quiet.”
Pax Europa stated it had registered the rally for 30 to 40 folks. “We are well protected by the police and double barriers. Everything is peaceful,” Pax Europa treasurer Stefanie Kizina advised dpa. She had already defined upfront that the group didn’t plan to have its personal safety service.
Stürzenberger must get well
Board member Michael Stürzenberger, who was injured within the assault in Mannheim, was not there on Saturday. “It will take some time before he is back. He needs to recover first,” stated Kizina. Cancelling the rally due to the incidents was out of the query and would have despatched “a completely wrong signal.”
Last Friday, a 25-year-old Afghan injured 5 individuals at a rally of the anti-Islam motion Pax Europa in Mannheim in addition to a police officer with a knife. The 29-year-old officer later died of his accidents. The attacker was shot by a police officer throughout the assault. He underwent surgical procedure resulting from his accidents and has not been capable of be questioned in latest days.
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article251930462/Dortmund-Vorsichtsmassnahme-aufgrund-Gefaehrdungsbewertung-Polizei-schuetzt-Islamkritiker.html