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The defendant Stephan Balliet (l) is led out of the courtroom.
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Under great security precautions, the assassin was brought from Halle to the Magdeburg regional court, where he is to be tried for taking hostages in Burg prison.
The 32-year-old was brought to court on Thursday from the Raßnitz youth center in the Saale district by helicopter and with officers from a special correctional unit.
Magdeburg/Burg - There he has to answer for taking hostages and violating the weapons law.
On December 12, 2022, Stephan Balliet is said to have forced law enforcement officers with a homemade shooting device to open doors for him to escape.
The attempt failed.
The attacker is currently serving a life sentence followed by preventive detention because of the racist and anti-Semitic attack in Halle.
On October 9, 2019, the highest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, he tried to storm the synagogue in Halle and cause a massacre.
When he failed, he murdered two people near the synagogue.
dpa