Racist crime up sharply in east Germany's Saxony state

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"Far-right and racist crime rose sharply last year in eastern Germany's ex-communist state of Saxony, new data showed .."

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Racist crime up sharply in east Germany's Saxony state (France 24, link):

"Far-right and racist crime rose sharply last year in eastern Germany's ex-communist state of Saxony, new data showed on Thursday.

Reported offences -- including mainly assaults but also threats and arson attacks -- increased by 38 percent to 317, with a total of 481 victims, said victim's support group RAA Sachsen.

Saxony is home to the city of Chemnitz where a German man's fatal stabbing, allegedly by asylum seekers, sparked mass protests in September which saw neo-Nazis rampaging through the streets targeting people of foreign appearance."

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