{"id":13829,"date":"2015-10-26T06:45:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13829"},"modified":"2015-10-26T06:45:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T11:45:43","slug":"german-police-deploy-water-cannon-as-far-right-antifascists-rally-in-cologne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13829","title":{"rendered":"German police deploy water cannon as far-right, antifascists rally in Cologne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"article__heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/319635-germany-cologne-protest-refugees\/\" target=\"_blank\">German police deploy water cannon as far-right, antifascists rally in Cologne<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2015.10\/original\/562ce08fc46188c9738b45c4.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Ruptly\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_arcticle\">\u00a9 Ruptly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_arcticle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\">\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \">Thousands rallied in Cologne on Sunday as supporters of the \u2018Hooligans against Salafists&#8217; far-right group and their left-wing opponents took to the streets. Police had to deploy a water cannon in an attempt to control the counter-protest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>Law enforcers had earlier sought to ban Sunday\u2019s demonstration by the far-rights. However, a Cologne court dismissed the motion and said the protesters would have the right to gather at a fixed location, but they would not be allowed to march through the city\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrYyqFI2DoI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hundreds of anti-fascist demonstrators were also expected to confront the radicals. Heavy security presence was to make sure the two crowds would not go head-to-head.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, scuffles broke out between police and left-wingers and a water cannon was deployed in an attempt to push back the crowd, authorities said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2015.10\/original\/562d0286c46188274b8b45d8.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Ruptly\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">\u00a9 Ruptly<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The far-right rally was organized by the \u2018Hooligans against Salafists\u2019 group. The organization, which is also known as HOGESA, is made up of self-styled football hooligans, right-wingers and neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n<p>Media estimates put the number of those attending the HOGESA protest at around 600 people.<\/p>\n<p>A similar demonstration took place in Cologne last year and ended in violent clashes between protesters and the police. Dozens, both protesters and police among them, were injured in the violence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/199492-germany-hooligans-salafists-clashes\/\"><strong>READ MORE: \u2018Hooligans against Salafists\u2019: Violence erupts at huge far-right rally in Cologne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__share\">\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German police deploy water cannon as far-right, antifascists rally in Cologne \u00a9 Ruptly Thousands rallied in Cologne on Sunday as supporters of the \u2018Hooligans against Salafists&#8217; far-right group and their left-wing opponents took to the streets. Police had to deploy a water cannon in an attempt to control the counter-protest. 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