Media: three police officers and a journalist were injured during the riots in Cologne – RIA Novosti

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BERLIN, Jan. 9 – RIA Novosti, Angelina Timofeev. Three police officers and a journalist were injured during the riots in Cologne, which took place during and after the crackdown movements Pegida (Europeans patriots against the Islamization of the Old World) and “Cologne against right,” said a local newspaper Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

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According to the newspaper, the local police has published data on the results of the collision, according to which the journalist was wounded, he was taken to the hospital and the police, who could continue to watch.

Previously, the newspaper also reported two injured police officers, who were stunned and got Acoustic injuries during the riots.

On Saturday, there were demonstrations in Cologne Pegida movements and “Cologne against the law.” The demonstrations have been stopped by police after the participants in both events began to throw stones at each other, bottles and firecrackers. Police had to use water cannon, as well as sniffer dogs, after which the assailants attacked and law enforcement.

According to the newspaper, among the attackers it was about 600 right-wing extremists, who arrived on Saturday in Cologne by train. Currently, about 450 of them, accompanied by police sent by train in the direction of Dortmund. The situation at the train station in Cologne is under control, his patrol 300 policemen. According to the newspaper, began work shops near the station, which had been closed during the protests.