Residents of town in Saxony-Anhalt left reeling after two people die in attempted attack on synagogueWolfgang Denkwitz had brought a white rose. I don’t want our society to lose that,” said the 65-year-old from Halle, who said he was a practising Catholic. A terror attack of such overtly antisemitic nature has reopened old wounds in German history – especially in Halle. The gunman was detained later in the afternoon, after his vehicle collided with another car on the B91 motorway south of Halle. “He must have taken something,” said Tekin of the attacker, standing outside his shop, his hands shaking.

Source: The Guardian October 10, 2019 16:17 UTC