CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Chemnitz to talk with residents of the eastern city three months after it was the scene of violent far-right protests.
Merkel's plans Friday include a meeting with the local basketball team and then discussions with readers of the Chemnitz Freie Presse newspaper.
The demonstrations broke out in August after the killing of a German man that authorities blamed on two recent migrants. The violence was largely directed at foreigners, but a kosher restaurant was also attacked by masked men throwing stones and yelling anti-Semitic jeers.
Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of forming a far-right terrorist organization in connection with violence that followed, and plotting attacks.
Critics say the chancellor should have visited the city earlier and that now it's too late.
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