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German daycares under police protection after plans to stop serving pork

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epa05583287 A road sign for Leipzig outside the Justizvollzugsanstalt (JVA) Leipzig prison in Leipzig, Germany, 13 October 2016. Jaber al-Bakr, who was arrested on suspicion of terrorism, was found hanged in his cell in the Leipzig prison on 12 October 2016. Media reported on 12 October 2016 that Syrian terror suspect Jaber Al-Bakr has been found dead in his prison cell in Leipzig, Germany. The 22-year-old Syrian national had been on the run since an anti-terrorist raid in Chemnitz on 08 October and was captured by fellow Syrian refugees in Leipzig on 10 October who handed him over to the police. EPA/SEBASTIAN WILLNOW

Plans to no longer serve children pork or gelatin-containing products like gummy bears at two daycare centers in the eastern German city of Leipzig prompted a wave of criticism online and made headlines across Germany.

The mass-circulation Bild newspaper first reported about the daycare centers’ proposal, saying the decision to make the changes came from consideration for two Muslim children.

Responses to the plans grew so heated that Leipzig police decided to park patrol cars outside both of the daycare centers to protect against “possible dangers,” a spokesman told German news agency DPA.

By the evening, the director of the two centers said they were putting the plans on hold for now following the outrage.

Via DW

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