German Neo-Nazi Sentenced to Life for Murder of Merkel Ally
The 2019 killing appeared to be the country’s first political assassination by a far-right extremist since the end of World War II.
Stephan Ernst, left, at the courtroom in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday. He was convicted of murdering Walter Lübcke, a local politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party.Credit...Pool photo by Kai Pfaffenbach
Jan. 28, 2021
BERLIN — A court in Frankfurt on Thursday convicted a German neo-Nazi of murdering a local politician, and sentenced him to life in prison for what the prosecutor called the country’s first political assassination by far-right extremists since the end of World War II.