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Several hundred people demonstrating on Friday against Islamism at a rally organized by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Mannheim were met with several thousand counterdemonstrators calling for Nazis to get out of the country. The demonstrations followed a fatal attack on a policeman by an Afghan immigrant on May 31. Police said there were around 700 at the AfD event who were met by around 3,300 counterdemonstrators opposed to the AfD rally. Chants of "AfD, AfD" on the one hand and "Nazis out" on the other could be heard. A large police contingent separated the demonstrator...
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Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will not be allowed to demonstrate on Friday evening on Mannheim's market square where a police officer was stabbed to death a week ago. The ban follows a decision by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg, the highest administrative court in the south-west state. The court upheld an appeal by the city of Mannheim against a decision by the lower administrative court in Karlsruhe, which had given the go-ahead for the demonstration at the scene of the crime. This demonstration is planned for 6 pm (1600 GMT) and can now take place at ...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier described the knife attack in which a police officer was fatally injured on market square as a "bloody act of terrorism." Steinmeier spoke said during a ceremony commemorating the death of police officer Rouven Laur in Mannheim on Friday, attended by many of his colleagues and citizens of the western city. Laur, 29, died in an attack on Sunday, days after he was injured as he sought to intervene when a man attacked several people during a rally by the anti-Islam movement Pax Europa in Mannheim. Steinmeier, state premier Winfried Kretschmann and state in...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorated the death of police officer Rouven Laur at a ceremony in the western city of Mannheim on Friday. Laur died in an attack at Mannheim's market square a week ago. Steinmeier, state premier Winfried Kretschmann and state interior minister Thomas Strobl all paused for a minute's silence at 11:34 am (0934 GMT). Laur died on Sunday, days after he was injured as he sought to intervene when a man attacked several people during a rally by the anti-Islam movement Pax Europa in Mannheim. Steinmeier laid a floral tribute at the scene as many gathered on...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to attend a minute's silence in memory of murdered police officer Rouven Laur at 11:34 am (0934 GMT) in the market square of the south-western city of Mannheim on Friday. Premier Winfried Kretschmann of the state of Baden-Württemberg, where Mannheim is located, and the state's Interior Minister Thomas Strobl are also expected to be there. One week after the fatal knife attack on the market square, the German president plans to lay a bouquet of flowers at the scene of the crime. At 6 pm, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party plans to demon...
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Tributes flowed in for a German police officer who died on Sunday, two days after being stabbed at an anti-Islam gathering in the western German city of Mannheim. The officer underwent emergency surgery immediately after the attack and was placed in an induced coma, but succumbed to his severe injuries on Sunday afternoon, according to the public prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe, the Mannheim police headquarters and the criminal investigation office in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The German chancellor and president were among those to express shock and dismay at his death. "I am deeply sho...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was shocked at the death of a police officer who succumbed to his injuries after being stabbed in Mannheim two days ago. "I am deeply shocked by the death of the police officer who courageously intervened in Mannheim to protect human life," he said, expressing his condolences to the officer's relatives while thanking all police on duty. Steinmeier also expressed concern about the "brutalization of political debate and the growing willingness to use violence in our country." He said change was needed. "Things must not go on like this. Violence je...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday expressed his shock at the death of a police officer following an attack in Mannheim. "I am deeply shocked that the courageous police officer succumbed to his serious injuries after the terrible attack in Mannheim," Scholz wrote in a post on social media platform X. "His commitment to the safety of us all deserves the highest recognition. In these bitter hours, my thoughts are with his family and all those who mourn him," Scholz added. The officer was stabbed at an anti-Islam event held in Mannheim's market square on Friday and died of his injuries on Su...
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A German police officer has died two days after being stabbed at an anti-Islam gathering in the western German city of Mannheim, authorities said Sunday, as police responded to demonstrations held in the wake of the attack. The public prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe, the Mannheim police headquarters and the criminal investigation office in the state of Baden-Württemberg said the officer underwent emergency surgery immediately after the attack and was placed in an induced coma, but succumbed to his severe injuries on Sunday afternoon. "We mourn the loss of a police officer who gave his life fo...
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A German police officer has died two days after being stabbed at an anti-Islam gathering in Mannheim, say the public prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe, the Mannheim police headquarters and the State Office of Criminal Investigation.
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