The 28-year-old attacker was convicted of killing two as he tried to storm a synagogue last year. It was described in court as the most despicable act of anti-Semitism in Germany since World War II.
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Trial Begins in Germany Over Synagogue Attack on Yom Kippur
A 28-year-old racist is charged with murdering two people in an assault that raised alarm about the spread of right-wing extremism online.
Only a Locked Door Stopped a Massacre at a German Synagogue
The gunman who fatally shot two people made clear that he chose his target intending to kill as many Jews as possible and that he hoped to impress extremists beyond Germany.