Shooter Kills Two Near German Synagogue in Anti-Jewish Attack
- Likely far-right connection cited by German government
- Heavily armed assailant wore fatigues, helmet in video
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A heavily armed man attempted to storm a synagogue in eastern Germany on the Yom Kippur holiday and killed two people in a suspected anti-Semitic attack that authorities blamed on the far right.
The assailant, identified by Der Spiegel as a 27-year-old German man, failed to enter the synagogue in the city of Halle, filled with about 80 worshipers on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. He gunned down a woman nearby and a man during a subsequent attack on a Turkish restaurant, German media reported.