On the same day, up to 4,000 Pegida opponents gathered near Dresden`s opera house, the Semperoper, where Pegida had previously held rallies.
Water cannons and police officers from other regions were deployed in Dresden to deal with possible clashes between the two groups, however, no accidents took place.
Pegida, an acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, began organizing rallies in its home city of Dresden in October 2014, attracting hundreds, and later thousands, of supporters.
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