Dresden mosque bombed in ‘xenophobic’ attack

Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a convention centre in the German city of Dresden, police said on Tuesday, adding that the motive appeared to be xenophobia and nationalism. No one was injured in the explosions late on Monday in a city that has become a hotspot for far-right protests and hate crimes following a […]

Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a convention centre in the German city of Dresden, police said on Tuesday, adding that the motive appeared to be xenophobia and nationalism.
No one was injured in the explosions late on Monday in a city that has become a hotspot for far-right protests and hate crimes following a major influx of migrants and refugees into Germany.
The imam, his wife and two sons were in the Fatih Camii mosque at the time of the blast. Police said they found the remains of homemade explosives at both crime scenes.
“Although no one has so far claimed responsibility, we must assume that there was a xenophobic motive,” Horst Kretschmar, the Dresden police chief, said.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the mosque attack was “all the more scandalous” because it happened on the eve of the 10th annual meeting of the German Islam Conference.