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He has infamously referred to refugees as "cattle" and "scum", but now Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann might feel some sympathy, after "persecution" has forced him to flee to the Spanish colonial remnant of Tenerife off the coast of West Africa.
Bachmann has spent the past several months on the Spanish island after his family could no longer take the pressure of living in Dresden, where Pegida is based, according to the Sächsische Zeitung (SZ).
In a video published on Facebook, Bachmann claimed he and his wife were being "persecuted", citing several attempts to break into his home.