Germany sees almost 1,000 anti-Muslim crimes in 2017

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Germany sees almost 1,000 anti-Muslim crimes in 2017
dw.com Timothy Jones (with dpa) 3 hrs ago

Germany's Interior Ministry says that at least 950 crimes were committed against Muslims or mosques in the country in 2017, a newspaper has reported. Thirty-three people were injured in attacks.

Anti-Muslim crimes, including physical assault, threatening letters, hate speech and spraying Nazi-themed graffiti on mosques, were rife in Germany in 2017, a newspaper reported on Saturday, citing statistics from the Interior Ministry.

The Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung newspaper said the ministry had recorded at least 950 such offenses, most of them carried out by right-wing extremists, with 33 people hurt in attacks.

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