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Walter Luebcke, who was in charge of the Kassel area regional administration, talks to media in Kassel, Germany, June 25, 2012. (Uwe Zucch/dpa via AP, file)
February 3, 2021, 3:40 pm
German police probe far-right threat to school named after neo-Nazi victim
Walter-Luebcke School, named for slain pro-migrant politician whose murderer was sentenced last week, receives threatening letter
By AFP
Defendant Stephan Ernst looks on in the courtroom at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Germany, January 28, 2021. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Pool Photo via AP)
January 28, 2021, 5:02 pm
German far-right extremist convicted of murdering pro-refugee politician
Stephan Ernst sentenced to life in prison for 2019 shooting of Walter Luebcke over his outspoken views on helping asylum seekers
By AP
Stephan Ernst, who is accused of murdering politician Walter Luebcke, takes off his face mask at his trial at the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt courthouse, in Frankfurt, Germany August 5, 2020. (KAI PFAFFENBACH / POOL / AFP)
August 5, 2020, 2:36 pm
German neo-Nazi on trial admits to murdering politician
Stephan Ernst apologizes for 2019 shooting of pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke, implicates co-defendant in killing
By Annalena DÖRNER
In this June 25, 2012 photo Walter Luebcke, who was in charge of the Kassel area regional administration, talks to media in Kassel, Germany (Uwe Zucch/dpa via AP)
June 16, 2020, 1:03 pm
2 right-wing extremists go on trial over killing of German politician
Prosecutors say suspects attended an event where Walter Luebcke defended government decision to allow refugees into country; one also accused of stabbing asylum-seeker
By Frank Jordans
In this June 13, 2019 file photo a picture of Walter Luebcke stands behind his coffin during the funeral service in Kassel, Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)
June 4, 2020, 3:18 pm
Dozens questioned over hate comments about slain German politician
Authorities carry out raids on people suspected of posting ‘criminally relevant comments’ regarding Walter Luebcke, who was killed last year, allegedly by a far-right extremist
By AP
Far-right and neo-Nazi supporters walk through Plauen in eastern Germany, May 1, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/DPA/AFP via Getty Images/ via JTA)
May 27, 2020, 3:58 pm
Germany reports spike in far-right crime for 2019
Politically motivated crimes, such as an October attack on a synagogue in Halle, rose by 14.2% in 2019, marking the second-sharpest jump since records began in 2001
By AFP
Stephan Ernst, center, is escorted to a helicopter in Karlsruhe, Germany, after being arrested for the murder of a regional politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, July 2, 2019. (Uli Deck/dpa via AP)
April 29, 2020, 5:38 pm
Germany charges neo-Nazi with murder of pro-refugee politician
Prosecutors say ‘racism and xenophobia founded on an ethnic-nationalist attitude were decisive’ in Stephan Ernst’s decision to kill Walter Luebcke last year
By AFP
Different election campaign posters are fixed in a street in Erfurt, eastern Germany, on October 24, 2019. (Christof STACHE / AFP)
October 27, 2019, 6:02 am
Far-right AfD looks for gains in Germany despite synagogue attack
Hardliner Bjoern Hoecke running neck and neck with CDU candidate in Thuringia vote, seen as key test of mood in east German heartland following Yom Kippur assault
By AFP
Far-right extremists gather to commemorate the death of Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, in Berlin's western district of Spandau, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP)
October 10, 2019, 12:59 am
Germany saw resurgence of far-right killings, violence before synagogue attack
White supremacists and neo-Nazis have been targeting immigrants and pro-immigration politicians, stockpiling weapons; officials say threat as great as Islamic extremism
By Tom BARFIELD
Neo-Nazis protest in Berlin, October 10, 2009. (AP Photo)
July 30, 2019, 4:48 pm
German authorities raid suspected members of far-right group
Country is home to more than 24,000 far-right extremists, more than half of them potentially violent
By Agencies
In this June 13, 2019 file photo a picture of Walter Luebcke stands behind his coffin during the funeral service in Kassel, Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)
June 26, 2019, 1:44 pm
Neo-Nazi suspect admits to murder of pro-migrant German politician
Investigators still probing whether anyone else was involved in killing of Walter Luebcke; far-right extremist suspect has convictions for violent crimes dating from the late 1980s
By Geir Moulson
AfD supports walks along a party elections poster in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
June 24, 2019, 4:37 am
Merkel’s party debates the unthinkable — power sharing with the far-right
As power shifts, some CDU politicians push for tie-ups with AfD on a regional level, while others look at ways to ban any attempt to cooperate with anti-migrant party
By Ryland James
Picture taken June 18, 2019, shows people attending a protest rally in Berlin, Germany, against far right violence. Slogan reads 'Stop Far Right Violence' (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)
June 22, 2019, 5:00 pm
Germany’s Merkel urges crackdown on neo-Nazis
Call comes after a man with anti-migrant views allegedly killed a regional official from Merkel’s party
By Kirsten Grieshaber
In this June 13, 2019 file photo a picture of Walter Luebcke stands behind his coffin during the funeral service in Kassel, Germany. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)
June 20, 2019, 1:15 pm
Germany: Official’s murder by right-wing extremist suspect is ‘attack on us all’
Interior minister says killing of Walter Luebcke, who strongly supported welcoming refugees, allegedly by man with history of violent hate crimes, is ‘alarm signal’
By Frank Jordans
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