A person responsible for a gunfire attack near a synagogue in the German city of Halle was sentenced to life in prison, German media reported on Monday.
11 October 2019, 13:39 GMT
The regional court in Maumburg ruled on the sentence for Stephan Balliet, 28, die Welt reported.
A synagogue in the German city of Halle was attacked on October 9 during celebrations of Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days of the year in Judaism. Two people were killed — a 40-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man — and two others were injured. There were 51 people inside the synagogue at the moment of the attack. Stephan Balliet, a 27-year-old neo-Nazi German citizen who was behind the incident, was arrested and admitted that the attack was motivated by right-extremist ideology.
