A German court on Monday handed down a life sentence to a neo-Nazi behind a deadly attack last year that nearly became the country’s worst anti-Semitic atrocity since World War II.
A bolted door at the synagogue in the eastern city of Halle with 52 worshippers inside marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, was the only thing that prevented the heavily armed attacker from carrying out a planned bloodbath.
After failing to storm the temple on October 9, 2019, Stephan Balliet, 28, shot dead a female passer-by and a man at a kebab shop.
“Without that famous reinforced door, he would have committed a massacre,” presiding judge Ursula Mertens said as she read out the verdict.
Balliet, his head shaved and dressed in black, listened with a blank expression.
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A German court on Monday handed down a life sentence to a neo-Nazi behind a deadly attack last year that nearly became the country’s worst anti-Semitic atrocity since World War II. A bolted door at the synagogue in the eastern city of Halle with 52 worshippers inside marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, was the only thing that prevented the heavily armed attacker from carrying out a planned bloodbath. After failing to storm the temple on October 9, 2019, Stephan Balliet, 28, shot dead a female passer-by and a man at a kebab shop. “Without that famous reinforced door, he would have committed a massacre,” presiding judge Ursula Mertens said as she read out the verdict. Balliet, his head shaved and dressed in black, listened with a blank expression. A German court on Monday handed down a life sentence to a neo-Nazi behind a deadly attack last year that nearly became the country’s worst anti-Semitic atrocity since World War II. A bolted door at the synagogue in the eastern city of Halle with 52 worshippers inside marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, was the only thing that prevented the heavily armed attacker from carrying out a planned bloodbath. anti-Semitic rampage anti-Semitic rampage anti-Semitic rampage
