Crowd CHEERS as German migrant hostel is burned out - and even try to stop firefighters battling the blaze

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The blaze in the town of Bautzen early this morning caused serious damage to the former hotel which was being converted

Huge blaze rips through refugee centre in Bautzen Germany
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A crowd is reported to have cheered as a building designated to house migrants in Germany was burnt out in a suspected arson.


The blaze in the town of Bautzen early this morning caused serious damage to the former hotel which was being converted.

Cops claim onlookers tried to prevent firefighters from tackling the blaze.

Officers said members of the crowd took "unashamed delight" in watching the fire.
Two drunken men were arrested after they refused to leave the scene, the BBC reports.

The converted hotel was supposed to house 300 migrants.

Aftermath of suspected arson attack on planned refugee shelter in German town
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AFP/Getty Fire fighters try to extinguish a fire at a former hotel that was under reconstruction to become a home for asylum seekers
Shocking: Fire fighters try to extinguish the blaze
Getty People look at banners left by people opposed to the attack next to the burnt-out remains of a former hotel that was to soon serve as a shelter for 300 asylum applicants
Roof: The roof of the building was destroyed in the blaze
Stanislaw Tillich,premier of the state of Saxony, described those involved as "criminals."

The latest incident comes just days after protesters in Clausnitz - also in Saxony - blocked a bus taking migrants to accommodation in the town.

The protesters are reported to have chanted the slogan , "We are the people", which was used in 1989 during the peaceful uprising which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Fire: Many members of the crowd appeared to be pleased that the building was ablaze

In a further sign of anti-migrant sentiment, police in the Brandenburg region are investigating the distribution of leaflets urging "absolute resistance" against "foreigner invasion".
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The leaflets, put through letterboxes in the town of Nauen, are the suspected work of neo-Nazis. They also give instructions on making firebombs and using explosives.


Anti-migrant protests have grown across Germany after the country absorbed a million asylum claims in 2015.

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