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Gunman Dead at German Movie Theater; No One Injured by Suspect, Police Say
A gunman is dead after an incident at a German movie theater in the town of Viernheim, a spokesman for German police in the state of Hesse told ABC News. No one was injured by the gunman, the spokesman said. German media have reported, however, that some individuals were injured in the incident, possibly from teargas police...
Lightning strikes hurt dozens in Germany rock festival
At least 51 people were injured, eight seriously, when lightning struck at a rock festival in western Germany early on Saturday, police say. Organisers of the Rock am Ring festival, which is headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers, said lightning hit at 00:30 local time (22:30 GMT). The event has now been suspended because of...
German MPs recognise Armenian ‘genocide’ amid Turkish fury
The German parliament has approved a resolution declaring that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One was a "genocide". Turkey is bitterly opposed to the Bundestag (lower house) resolution, and has warned that it could hurt ties. Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their people died in the...
German Opposition Leader Attacked With Cake Over Migrants
A German opposition leader has had a cake shoved in her face at a party meeting — an apparent protest against her position that not all refugees can come to Germany. An activist threw the cake Saturday at Left Party parliamentary co-leader Sahra Wagenknecht in Magdeburg, the dpa news agency reported. A group calling...
Germany anti-gay law: Plan to rehabilitate convicted men
Germany is set to annul the convictions of gay men under a law criminalising homosexuality that was applied zealously in post-war Germany. Justice Minister Heiko Maas is to overturn the convictions and create a "right to compensation". About 50,000 men were convicted between 1946 and 1969, under a 19th-Century law...
IS teen girl stabs police officer in Germany
A TEENAGE Moroccan girl who cops now say was furious at having to move away from the Islamic State has been arrested following a shocking stabbing attack on a German officer. Breitbart reports that the 15-year-old was wearing a headscarf when she was approached by the officer at a Hanover train station in November. In startling...
Plan B? Angela Merkel to scrap open-door refugee policy and TURN AWAY migrants
ANGELA MERKEL could be forced to TURN AWAY migrants from entering Germany if it continues to struggle to control its record influx of asylum seekers. While the German Chancellor advocates for an open-door policy, leaked papers suggest her Government wants to clampdown on Europe’s escalating migrant crisis. The Interior...
Migrant attacks reveal dark side of Germany
To watch the footage that emerged from Clausnitz last week is to catch a glimpse of so-called "dark Germany". It is not often such events are captured on film. The images of terrified refugees on a bus surrounded by a baying crowd have provoked revulsion and soul searching. So has the news that, in the nearby town of...
Germany’s migrant crisis: Refugees committed more than 200,000 crimes last year
REFUGEES in Germany committed 92,000 more offences in the country last year than in 2014, according to official figures. The leaked report comes just weeks after New Year's Eve sex attacks in the country, which has taken in more than one million people during the current migrant crisis. Officials also warned of a...
Germany train crash: Human error to blame, says prosecutor
Human error by a train controller was to blame for a crash in Bavaria, Germany, last week that killed 11 people, prosecutors said. Dozens more were injured after two commuter trains collided on a single-track stretch of railway. An area controller opened the track to the two trains and tried to warn the drivers, according to...
Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town of Bad Aibling
At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided in the German state of Bavaria. The head-on crash happened near Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km (37 miles) south-east of Munich. The transport minister said the trains had crashed into each other while both travelling at...
Black German woman learns a shocking family secret: Her grandfather was a Nazi
Atlanta, Jennifer Teege thought she knew the hard truths of her life: that her German mother left her in the care of nuns when she was 4 weeks old, and that her biological father was Nigerian, making her the only black child in her Munich neighborhood. But the hardest truth came to her years later on a warm August day in...
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