Dutch mayor shuts down anti-Muslim demonstration University student injured during brawl between Pegida members and locals in Utrecht

October 6, 2018   

(Anadolu) The mayor of Utrecht city in the Netherlands shut down an anti-Muslim demonstration late Friday by the far-right Pegida political movement in front of Ulu Mosque.

During the demonstration, members of Pegida, or the Patriotic Europeans Against Islamization of the West, made speeches insulting Islam.

A brawl broke out between Pegida members and residents after the speeches and one university student was injured.

Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen ordered the demonstration to be shut down for security reasons an hour after it began.

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