Merkel condemns Chemnitz stabbing and violent protests afterwards
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By Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the ARD Sommerinterview in Berlin, Germany, August 26, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
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HANNIBAL HANSCHKE(Reuters)
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel described as a “horrible incident” a deadly stabbing in the eastern city of Chemnitz but said violent protests that followed on Monday were unacceptable.
“That was a horrible incident,” she told a news conference in Berlin, adding: “What we saw afterwards is something that has no place in a state under the rule of law.”
(Reporting by Michael Nienaber; Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Maria Sheahan)
