http://www.dw.com/en/asylum-seeker-dies-in-deadly-fire-in-eastern-germany/a-18763031
Asylum seeker dies in deadly fire in eastern Germany
Date 06.10.2015
Firefighters have recovered the body of an African man who died in a fire at an asylum center in eastern Germany. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
German authorities investigated a fatal fire that broke out at a three-storey dormitory for asylum seekers late Monday. The blaze claimed the life of a 29-year-old refugee from Eritrea.
The other occupants of the refugee center, located in Saalfeld, in the eastern state of Thuringia, escaped unharmed.
Several refugees have been injured, but none killed, in dozens of arson attacks on German asylum shelters in the past few months.
Recently, two suspected fires were set in Thuringia, one of them about 70 kilometers (43 miles) away from Saalfeld.
But public broadcaster MDR quoted police as saying the cause of the fire is still unknown. Investigators hope to have more information by late Tuesday.
Germany is expecting a record influx of more than 800,000 asylum seekers this year, far more than any other country in Europe. This has fuelled social tensions in some parts of the country, especially in areas of relatively high unemployment.
http://neurope.eu/article/asylum-seeker-in-germany-dies-in-fatal-fire/
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Overall, several refugees have been injured, but none killed, in dozens of arson attacks on German asylum shelters. It remains unknown if yesterday’s fire is an arson attack.
By NEOnline/GK
A 29-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea died, after a fatal fire broke out at a three-storey dormitory for asylum seekers, located in Saafeld in the eastern state of Thuringia, Germany.
Fortunately, all the other refugee and migrants living in the dormitory managed to escape the deadly fire. According to Deutsche Welle, public broadcaster MDR quoted local police as saying that the cause of the fire is still unknown and the investigators hope to have more information by late Tuesday. Overall, several refugees have been injured, but none killed, in dozens of arson attacks on German asylum shelters in the past few months.
On 5 September, two refugee shelters were being targeted in arson attacks causing the injury of five people. Moreover, previous arson attacks against refugee homes were also recorded. One of the fires destroyed dozens of portable homes and forced the evacuation of 80 refugees, in Rottenburg in the western state of Baden-Wurttemberg.
On 26 August, a man was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail into a refugee home in the eastern city of Leipzig which was due to house 56 asylum-seekers. Then Telegraph reported that several residents, who witnessed the incident called the police after noticing that one of the two suspects was holding a 20.5-centimetre knife. Both were shouting anti-migrant comments, according to the witnesses.
Germany, expects the influx of refugees and migrants to quadruple to about 800,000 this year and has witnessed more than 100 arson attacks on asylum shelters in recent months. Some German politicians acknowledged that the arson attacks must stop, as it is only a matter of time before refugees might be hurt.
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