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Monday, July 1, 2019

Germany wakes up slowly to significance of Walter Lübcke killing

Calls for action to protect public servants and defend democracy as far right responds with aggression

If two employees of a kebab shop had not come to the rescue of Andreas Hollstein on the night of 27 November 2017, the mayor of the town of Altena would most likely have become the first German politician to be murdered by a rightwing extremist since the end of the Nazi era.

Instead, the 57-year-old survived with a stab wound to his neck, inflicted with a 34cm (13in) knife by a local man angered by the mayor’s liberal stance during the refugee crisis.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2XjCQWW

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