Dresden protesters target Syrian-German's art tribute

Right-wing activists in the eastern German city of Dresden are protesting a work by a Syrian-German artist designed to show solidarity with the people of Aleppo, saying it belittles the memory of the city's own bombing in World War II.

The installation, consisting of three buses standing on end, was placed in a square in front of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), which was destroyed by British and US bombers in World War II and rebuilt as a symbol of reconciliation.

The work evokes a scene from 2015 in which rebels in the Syrian city stood three buses on end to shield a street from government snipers.