17 injured in German refugee shelter riot over says news BERLIN: Seventeen people were injured in a riot at a refugee shelter in central Germany over a torn Qur’an, police said Thursday, in fresh tensions as the country braces to host 800,000 asylum seekers this year.
Violence erupted after about 20 refugees in the overcrowded shelter went in pursuit of another resident late Wednesday, accusing him of ripping pages out of a Qur’an and throwing them in a toilet, local police said.
The Afghan man was eventually saved by the shelter’s guards as well as police, prompting the mob — according to local media mainly Syrian men — to turn their anger on the security forces.
About 50 people armed with steel rods began throwing stones at the officers, leaving at least 17 people injured.
Windows were smashed, furniture flung out of windows and even dividing walls in the shelter hacked down in the rampage that lasted several hours in the town of Suhl in Thuringia.Germany is struggling to accommodate a wave of asylum-seekers from war zones such as Syria but also migrants from countries that are not at war like Albania and Kosovo.
The sudden surge in asylum demands this year has left authorities scrambling to house the migrants, with schools and tents used as temporary shelter. Local officials have repeatedly raised concerns of overcrowding, saying that they were unable to cope with the accelerating demand.
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That is the news .. Idiots they need to riot for that torn book? big deal.. fools and their silly book