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Officials said what had been intended as a peaceful protest turned violent when masked militants began throwing rocks and firecrackers at police. Hundreds of demonstrators had gathered in the city to protest against a rally organized by the right-wing group, ProKöln. The group had invited rightists from across Europe to what it billed as an anti-islamification conference. The highlight of the meeting on Saturday was to be a rally to protest the construction of a new, large mosque in Cologne.
(Deutsche Welle)
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