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Cologne braces for new far-right HoGeSa rally
http://www.dw.com/en/cologne-braces-for-new-far-right-hogesa-rally/a-18804105Thousands of police officers have been deployed in Cologne for Sunday's far-right demonstrations. A similar rally last year left dozens of people injured.
Cologne braces for new far-right HoGeSa rally
24.10.2015
Some 3,500 officers are expected to be on the streets on Sunday in the northwestern city of Cologne to ward off possible violence.
Police are trying to prevent a repeat of clashes that took place last year during a demonstration organized by HoGeSa ("Hooligans against Salafists"
. Several people, including 44 riot police, were injured during the clashes.
"We will do everything possible to keep the situation under control," said Michael Temme, a police operations chief, adding that they would take "strong action against perpetrators of violence."
The Cologne chapter of anti-Islamization movement PEGIDA has also called for a rally on the same day. "Sunday will be a difficult day, a difficult day for Cologne and for Cologne police," said the city's police chief Wolfgang Albers.
