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brooklynite

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Wed Oct 9, 2019, 09:14 AM Oct 2019

BREAKING: Two people killed at a German Synagogue on Yom Kippur

Two people have been killed, and one suspect arrested, in a shooting incident near a synagogue in the eastern German town of Halle, according to local police.

"Several shots were fired," Halle police tweeted. It added: "Stay alert. We are investigating in the Halle area and are stabilizing the situation, until we have all (the) information."

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One witness, Rene Friedrich, told CNN he was driving past the synagogue when he saw a man dressed in army clothing and a steel helmet.

The man was holding what appeared to be a machine gun and throwing something over the synagogue wall. A person was lying on the ground beside him.


Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/09/europe/attack-halle-germany-grm-intl/index.html
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