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Several hundred people demonstrating on Friday against Islamism at a rally organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Mannheim were met with several thousand counterdemonstrators calling for Nazis to get out of the country. The demonstrations followed a fatal attack on a policeman by an Afghan immigrant on May 31. Police said there were around 700 at the AfD event who were met by around 3,300 counterdemonstrators opposed to the AfD rally. Chants of AfD, AfD on the one hand and Nazis out on the other could be heard. A large police contingent separated the demonstrator