A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg's Christmas market evolved during Saturday into something more politically charged.
The changing tone at the site of a car-ramming attack on Friday in which five people were killed and more than 200 injured reflected political tensions in a country racked by arguments over immigration and over the surging popularity of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).
Authorities arrested a Saudi man with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric but said the motives for the attack were not yet known.
At first, as people laid flowers outside the church in the early morning, there were just expressions of sorrow and grief.
Andrea Reis, 57, arrived with her daughter Julia, 34, and reflected on a narrow escape.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 23, 2024 من Hindustan Times.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Lenders auction more gold as Reserve Bank steps up scrutiny
Companies lending against gold are auctioning the collateral in higher quantities to recover stressed loans, at a time of rising regulatory scrutiny over the sector.
Congress calls 3 GST slabs for popcorn absurd’, slams govt
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Akash Deep keeping it simple, with doses of Bumrah wisdom
The pacer's focus is to not go searching for wickets in conditions that are new to him
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C’garh CM looking to attract investments as LWE declines
Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, along with a team of top state bureaucrats, are set to meet industrialists and investors in the Capital on Monday with an aim to boost the state's economic and industrial growth in view of the declining cases of left wing extremism (LWE), officials aware of the matter said.
32 die in stampedes
Nigerian police on Sunday raised the death toll to 32 from two stampedes outside centres distributing food to the poor.
Bankruptcies, suicides rise as Japan struggles
Personal debt is overwhelming an increasing number of Japanese as higher interest rates and the rising cost of living bite. Consumer loans are rising at the highest rate in 16 years.
Myanmar-made arms recovered in Manipur
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'Justice, Constitution align when more women are on the bench... they bring fresh perspective'
Justice BV Nagarathna spoke candidly on a range of issues, reflecting on the enduring legacy of her father, justice ES Venkataramiah, and sharing her thoughts on her impending tenure as the first woman Chief Justice of India.
Farmers urge SC to step in as House panel backs MSP law
Farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast unto-death, and several protesting farmers' unions have urged the Supreme Court to ask the Centre to implement a parliamentary standing committee's recommendation for legally guaranteed support prices.
