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Prosecutors pointed out that Stephan Ernst had been motivated by “racism and xenophobia” as he moved to assassinate a German MP who has repeatedly called for supporting refugees.
A neo-Nazi sympathizer has been sentenced to life in prison for assassinating pro-migration German lawmaker Walter Luebcke on 1 June 2019.
On Thursday, 47-year-old Stephan Ernst was found guilty of gunning down Luebcke, 65, at his home near the town of Kassel, in what was thought to be Germany’s first political assassination since the Second World War.
Prosecutors said that the member of Angela Merkel s CDU party was shot in the head at close range, a killing that took place four years after Luebcke supported the German Chancellor’s decision in 2015 to open the country’s borders to migrants.
German far-right gunman gets life for murder of politician Lübcke
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image captionStephan Ernst admitted in court to firing the shot that killed Walter Lübcke
A Frankfurt court has jailed a far-right sympathiser for life for murdering a prominent pro-migrant politician in his garden in 2019.
Walter Lübcke, a regional Christian Democrat (CDU) governor, was shot in the head at close range. He was 65.
Stephan Ernst, 47, admitted firing the shot at Lübcke s home. It was the first far-right political assassination in post-war Germany.
A second man identified only as Markus H got an 18-month suspended jail term.
Updated / Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
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Stephen Ernst in court in the city of Frankfurt
A German neo-Nazi has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering pro-migration politician Walter Luebcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism.
Stephan Ernst, 47, was found guilty of shooting dead the politician from Angela Merkel s conservative CDU party on 1 June 2019, in what is believed to be Germany s first far-right political assassination since World War II.
The body of the conservative politician was found on the terrace of his home near the central city of Kassel, with a post-mortem examination showing that he was shot in the head at close range.
Main defendant Stephan Ernst and his lawyer Mustafa Kaplan look on in the courtroom as they wait for the verdict in the case of the murder of Walter Luebcke, at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, Germany. Picture: Kai Pfaffenbach/Ruters
German neo-Nazi handed life sentence for murdering pro-migration politician
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By Annalena Dörner with Femke Colborne in Berlin
Frankfurt am Main, Germany - A German neo-Nazi was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for murdering pro-migration politician Walter Luebcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism.
Stephan Ernst, 47, was found guilty of shooting dead the politician from Angela Merkel s conservative CDU party on June 1, 2019, in what is believed to be Germany s first far-right political assassination since World War II.
A neo-Nazi has been sentenced to life in prison after killing a pro-migration German MP in what is believed to be the country s first political assassination since World War II.
Stephan Ernst, 47, was found guilty of shooting dead Walter Luebcke, 65, a member of Angela Merkel s CDU party, on June 1, 2019.
An autopsy found that the conservative politician was shot in the head at close range after having been found lifeless on the terrace of his home in Kassel.
Speaking in December, the prosecution said Ernst had been motivated by racism and xenophobia .
Neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst, 47, (pictured) has been sentenced to life in prison after killing a pro-migration German MP in what is believed to be the country s first political assassination since World War II