Syrian refugees rescue German neo-Nazi from car crash

Syrian refugees came to the rescue of a German neo-Nazi politician, local media reported Tuesday, sparking at least one Facebook user to joke that "destiny has a sense of humor." Stefan Jagsch, 29, of the National Democratic Party was badly injured in a car crash in Germany last week when passing Syrian asylum seekers spotted the wreck, Middle East Eye reports.

According to German media, the refugees pulled Jagsch from the car and gave him first aid.

Jagsch's party, the NDP, has risen to popularity in Germany due in part to the influx of asylum seekers. The group earned 10 percent of the vote in the municipal elections of Buedingen, near where the car crash took place. However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the NDP, calling them an "anti-democratic, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, and anti-constitutional party."

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But for a moment, at least, there seemed to be a ceasefire. The NDP's state chief Jean Christoph Fiedler commented that the refugees' quick thinking was an "apparently... very good, humane act."