Merkel to Germans: don't be duped by far-right
Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Germans on Monday not to be duped by far-right rhetoric, amid concern about the growing number of people flocking to anti-Islam demonstrations in the country.
A group calling itself Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA, has staged weekly rallies in the eastern city of Dresden that have attracted growing numbers of supporters. Some 10,000 protested last week, and police said about the same number were on hand again Monday night, according to a preliminary count.
Some 9,000 anti-PEGIDA activists protested last week's march, and another 5,650 turned out at two counter-demonstrations in Dresden on Monday, police said.
