{"id":17981,"date":"2020-12-21T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=17981"},"modified":"2020-12-21T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:00:19","slug":"halle-synagogue-attack-germany-far-right-gunman-jailed-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/12\/21\/halle-synagogue-attack-germany-far-right-gunman-jailed-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Halle synagogue attack: Germany far-right gunman jailed for life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A German court has jailed a far-right gunman for life for his deadly attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of Halle last year.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stephan Balliet, 28, shot and killed a female passer-by and a man at a kebab shop after failing to break into the synagogue on 9 October 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Only a heavy, bolted door kept him from firing at 52 Jewish worshippers marking the Yom Kippur festival inside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It nearly became Germany’s worst anti-Semitic atrocity since the Nazi era.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Balliet expressed no remorse for the attack on the synagogue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During his five-month trial, Balliet denied the Holocaust in open court – a criminal offence in Germany. He laughed when the Holocaust was mentioned in court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said that “attacking the synagogue was not a mistake, they are my enemies”. He espoused a racist, misogynist ideology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He wore combat fatigues on the day of the attack and filmed the shooting, broadcasting it for 35 minutes on the internet. His home-made gun repeatedly jammed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police pictured at the kebab shop after the shootings (Image: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The cantor who was leading prayer in the synagogue saw the gunman on a surveillance TV and quickly moved the congregation out of the main hall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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During the trial in Magdeburg, near Halle, American rabbi Jeremy Borovitz said “we are not afraid, we stand together”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Based in Berlin, he was visiting Halle for Yom Kippur – Judaism’s holiest day – and was among dozens of Jewish witnesses who gave testimony at the trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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