Far-right protesters vandalize ethnic shops in German city

An anti-refugee demonstration which was held at the German city of Leipz went out of control when hundreds of far-right protesters started vandalizing shops and setting cars on fire.

A group of 250 hooligans of LEGIDA – the local branch of PEGIDA, the anti-migrant, anti-EU organization –  broke away from a largely peaceful march and destroyed doner kebab fast food stalls, smashed shop windows and set cars on fire.

They also threw fireworks at police and attempted to build a barricade in a main street with signs and torn up paving stones before they were dispersed.

A bus carrying leftist pro-asylum demonstrators was also attacked and seriously damaged, as Daily Mail reports.

Police said they have identified and arrested 211 of the right-wing hooligans, while many of them have criminal records for violence.