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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Stephan Balliet

Stephan Balliet (C), who shot dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, wears a face mask as he arrives for the start of the 26th day of the trial on December 21, 2020 at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany (Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
December 13, 2022, 1:31 pm
Halle synagogue attacker briefly takes prison officers hostage at German jail
Far-right assailant Stephan Balliet, jailed for life over Yom Kippur attack in which he killed 2 passersby, is overpowered by other guards
By AFP
Stephan Balliet (C), who shot dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, wears a face mask as he arrives for the start of the 26th day of the trial on December 21, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany (Ronny Hartmann/ AFP)
December 21, 2020, 12:58 pm
Life sentence for Halle synagogue shooter who killed 2 in Yom Kippur rampage
Judges bar Stephan Balliet from early release; he has denied the Holocaust and expressed no remorse for failed 2019 storming of German house of worship
By Agencies
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, is led by a police officer into the courtroom for the start of the 24th day of his trial on November 3, 2020 at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. (Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
December 21, 2020, 8:38 am
Verdict due in trial of Halle shooter who attacked synagogue on Yom Kippur
Stephan Balliet denies the Holocaust and expresses no remorse in trial over failed storming of German house of worship in 2019, after which he shot dead 2 people
By David Courbet and Deborah Cole
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, is seen during his trial on November 18, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, Germany. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
December 9, 2020, 9:02 pm
Halle synagogue attack suspect silenced at trial after denying Holocaust
Stephan Balliet is accused of trying to storm place of worship during Yom Kippur service in what prosecution calls ‘one of the most repulsive anti-Semitic acts since World War II’
By AFP
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, is seen during his trial on November 18, 2020, at the district court in Magdeburg, Germany. (Ronny Hartmann/AFP)
November 18, 2020, 7:53 pm
German prosecutors seek life sentence for Halle synagogue shooter
Prosecutor says Stephan Balliet was motivated by a ‘racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic ideology’ to carry out deadly attack on Yom Kippur
By AFP
Carpenter Thomas Thiele, front, removes the bullet hole-ridden door of a synagogue in Halle, Germany, July 28, 2020. (Hendrik Schmidtpa/dpa via AP)
July 28, 2020, 1:34 pm
Damaged door of German synagogue attacked on Yom Kippur replaced
Halle shul’s bullet-ridden door, that remained closed during anti-Semitic shooting, saving worshipers inside, set to become part of a memorial
By AP
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, arrives at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany on July 21, 2020. (Ronny Hartmann/various sources/AFP)
July 21, 2020, 7:34 pm
Germany synagogue killer begins trial with rant against ‘Semitism’
Stephan Balliet, accused of shooting 2 dead after failing to storm shul in Halle, is warned he could be thrown out of courtroom for pushing racist worldview
By David Courbet
Stephan Balliet (Screengrab)
July 21, 2020, 1:19 pm
Yom Kippur synagogue killer goes on trial in Germany
Stephan Balliet faces 13 counts, including murder and attempted murder, for October 2019 attack in which he shot dead 2 people outside Halle shul, tried repeatedly to force way in
By Kirsten Grieshaber and VOLKMAR KIENOEL
Armed gunman Stephan Balliet, on a street in Halle, Germany, during a shooting outside a synagogue in that city which killed two, October 9, 2019. (Screenshot/Andreas Splett/ATV-Studio Halle/AFP)
June 15, 2020, 10:34 pm
Gunman accused of German synagogue assault to stand trial in July
Stephan Balliet has been charged with two counts of murder and several counts of attempted murder with ‘anti-Semitic, racist and xenophobic intention’
By AFP
Stephan Balliet, the suspect in the Halle shooting, gets out of a helicopter at the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, October 10, 2019. (Uli Deck/dpa/AFP)
June 5, 2020, 2:19 am
German accused of Halle synagogue shooting attempts prison escape
Stephan Balliet, charged with killing 2 in Germany on Yom Kippur after failing to break into prayer service, recaptured shortly after climbing prison fence
By Joe Baur
Two women light candles among others and flowers next to the entrance of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019 two days after a deadly shooting outside a synagogue in Halle. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)
October 19, 2019, 6:39 pm
Social media networks withhold livestream data of Halle synagogue attack
US tech companies decline to release info on online spread of footage, which would show impact of new measures they vowed to take to prevent amplification of violent content
By ToI Staff
Armed gunman Stephan Balliet, on a street in Halle, Germany, during a shooting outside a synagogue in that city which killed two, October 9, 2019. (Screenshot/Andreas Splett/ATV-Studio Halle/AFP)
October 15, 2019, 12:18 pm
German police lost Halle synagogue gunman for an hour, lawmakers say
Regional politicians say suspect in killing of 2 and assault on Jewish place of worship was arrested by officers in a small town and not by specialized SWAT teams hunting for him
By AP and ToI Staff
Thousands protest on October 13, 2019 in Berlin, Germany, against rising anti-Semitism, days after a gunman attacked a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
October 13, 2019, 10:05 pm
Starting where Nazis burned books, 10,000 march in Berlin against anti-Semitism
Thousands more rally elsewhere in Germany four days after neo-Nazi attempted to massacre Jews in Halle on Yom Kippur, failed to enter synagogue, killed 2 bystanders
By Kirsten Grieshaber
People stand in front of the synagogue in Halle, Germany, October 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
October 12, 2019, 1:31 am
As a gunman loomed outside their synagogue, Jews in Halle kept praying
Worshipers who were in prayer during attack describe a calm inside the building despite the gunshots outside, and continuing their service at a hospital following their evacuation
By Rebecca Spiess and Toby Axelrod
In this image taken from video made available by ATV-Studio Halle, a man shoots from a long-barreled gun, in Halle, Germany, October 9, 2019. (ATV-Studio via AP)
October 11, 2019, 11:35 pm
Synagogue attacker reportedly admits to receiving anonymous funding online
German media says Stephan Balliet was sent some $800 in Bitcoin from an unknown person with whom he communicated on the internet
By JTA
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