Right-wing youths attacked Syrian children in Germany

Three Syrian refugee children have been hit and threatened with a knife by a gang of right-wing youths in eastern Germany, according to police.

The boys, aged  five, eight and 11, were getting out of a bus in the town of Sebnitz, around 40km east of Dresden, when they came under attack, police said in a statement on Friday.

Following the assault, the attackers started chanting right-wing slogans, police said.

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A spokeswoman for the police said the identity of the attackers was not yet known.

Police found several young people aged between 15 and 20 near the site of Thursday night's attack, but it is not yet clear if they were the attackers.