On Friday morning, unknown persons carried out an arson attack on a planned refugee accommodation in Saxony. The fire broke out inside the "Spreehotel" in Bautzen after the perpetrators smashed windows, according to the State Criminal Police Office in Dresden. Four people who stayed in the house remained unharmed. The Firefighters put out the fire.

Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) meanwhile sharply condemned the attack. "Burning houses out of hatred because you don't want to have refugees near you is deeply primitive and inhuman. That's not the basic attitude of the Saxons, especially in the current situation," it said in a statement. At the event last Tuesday, the AfD demonstrated against its use.

The police have started the investigation. It is not yet known who threw the incendiary devices into the "Spreehotel". "But we have to assume a xenophobic arson attack," said Schuster. Refugees have already found a future in the hotel in the past. It has just been prepared to accommodate refugee families.

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