Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) have rallied outside the main train station in Cologne today, the location of nearly 200 migrant sex attacks on New Year’s Eve. Around 1700 PEGIDA supporters and 1300 counter demonstrators turned out, as well as a contingent of around 800 football hooligans. They were met by roughly 2000 German police. Those from PEGIDA carried banners and signs bearing slogans like “Rapefugees not welcomeâ€, waved German and British flags and chanted “Merkel out!†Things went peacefully for the most part, but a smaller number of mainly football hooligans were...
