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The theme of the day: Amoklage in Halle
The first news of the terrible attack in Halle (Saale) came from the police shortly after 12:45 pm: "We have a mission in #Halle, according to initial findings, people were killed."
What became clear during the afternoon: It was an attack on, among other things, a Jewish church. The synagogue of Halle in the Paulus district of the Saxony-Anhalt city was apparently the target of an attack.
Follow all current developments here in the news blog.
What is known so far: Two people have been killed in Halle, a man in a snack bar, a woman in the street. There should have been one or two offenders.
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Policemen in the locked downtown of Halle an der Saale
The aggressor or the attackers tried after SPIEGEL information to penetrate the synagogue, in which there were about 70 to 80 people to celebrate the Yom Kippur festival.
With explosives and firearms an attacker is said to have tried to break open the locked entrance. "But the door remained closed, God protected us, it might take five to ten minutes," said the mayor to SPIEGEL. The eyewitness account.
Less than two hours after receiving the first emergency call, the police reported arrest. Because of the "special meaning" of the act, the federal prosecutor's office has investigated the murder.
This happens when "certain serious crimes are likely to affect the security of the Federal Republic of Germany," said a spokesman.
As before, the police Halle gives no all-clear, about a second arrest was speculated. Further details: in the hall news blog.
The number of the day: 7.5 million
So many ordered, returned, but flawless items threw online retailer 2018 directly into the trash. This has been determined by economists at the University of Bamberg. Adding useless returns, 20 million returned to the litter.
News: What you need to know today
- Attacks in northern Syria: Turkey claims to have launched an offensive against Kurdish forces. President Erdogan said bring peace.
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- Nobel Prize for Battery Researchers : The Swedish Academy has awarded three chemists for their basic research on lithium-ion batteries.
- Federal Cabinet decides climate package and Climate Protection Act: Especially on the Climate Protection Act there was a lot of criticism until recently.
- Ex-chief of the Munich conservatory must go to jail: guilty of sexual coercion, not guilty of rape: Siegfried Mauser has been sentenced to prison.
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Our evening: The recommendations for your end of workday
What you might look at: The comedy series "Fat and Fat". It tells from the everyday life of a contaminated Munich. Jaksch, a life artist around 30, is the main character of the six-part series. She draws her charm from life, laconic humor and an almost documentary appearance, writes my colleague Peter Luley. She can be seen now in the ZDF-Mediathek or on the 14th of October on ZDF.
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Jaksch (Jakob Schreier)
What else you could do: Reminisce about the 2014 World Cup finals. The national team is playing in a friendly against today's final opponent Argentina (20.45 RTL / Liveticker SPIEGEL). Of the former world champion team, however, no player will be in the starting eleven.
We wish you a nice evening.
warmly
Max Holscher and Christoph Titz from the Daily Team
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