A Syrian national has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing two gay men in Dresden last year.
Federal prosecutors had said the stabbings were motivated by anti-LGBT Islamic extremist beliefs.
The 21-year-old attacker, identified only as Abdullah A. H. H., had previously been convicted for trying to recruit support for the Islamic State organisation.
On October 4, he attacked the couple as they were visiting the centre of Dresden, killing one man and seriously injuring his partner.
Prosecutors say the man had used kitchen knives to attack the two men, aged 53 and 55, from behind because they were holding hands and he believed they were a gay couple, which he considered to be a grave sin .
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Wegen Mordes: Lebenslange Haftstrafe für tödlichen Messerangriff in Dresden
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