11/10/2019 15:41
German Halle gunman admits far-right synagogue attack
A man has confessed to an attack on a synagogue in Germany in which two people died, and admitted a far-right, anti-Semitic motive, during a hearing with an investigating judge.
Stephan Balliet, 27, spent several hours giving evidence before a federal court judge about the attack in the eastern city of Halle.
He was arrested on Wednesday after a 40-year-old woman was shot dead in front of Halle's synagogue.
A man aged 20 was also fatally shot.
He was attacked inside a kebab shop after the gunman tried unsuccessfully to storm the synagogue, firing on the door several times.
Inside the synagogue, 51 people were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism. Investigators believe his intention was to carry out a massacre and have revealed that 4kg (9lb) of explosives were found in his car.