Hundreds of far-right protesters rampage through German town, destroying ethnic restaurants and takeaways - hours after Merkel admits European migrant crisis is 'out of control'


Anti-refugee rioters have gone on the rampage in the German city of Leipzig after a demonstration where protesters called for asylum seekers to be deported and their nation's borders closed (pictured left). Hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that Europe had lost control of the crisis the right-wingers broke away from a largely peaceful march in the eastern city to trash the suburb of Connewitz (centre). Doner kebab fast food stalls were destroyed (top right), cars set ablaze and shop windows smashed by around 250 hooligans of LEGIDA - the local branch of PEGIDA, the anti-migrant, anti-EU organization which marched against the refugees earlier in the evening. Police said they identified 211 of the crowd as known right-wing agitators, many of them with criminal records for violence. Security remains tight inside the city (bottom right) as pressure mounts on Angela Merkel to consider changing Germany's immigration policy.

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