After the attack in Halle several AfD politicians have come because of their comments in the criticism. The Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs in the Bundestag, Stephan Brandner (AfD), has filed a complaint of the other groups in the Bundestag with his remarks.
"The Greens also today on behalf of the other Democratic Group on behalf of the other Democratic Group condemned the anti-Semitic tweets of the committee chairman," said its spokeswoman Katja Keul "Handelsblatt". Brandner had stood outside the democratic consensus "and disqualified himself as Chairman of the Legal Committee long ago," criticized Keul. "If he had any sense of civic decency he claimed for himself, he would resign."
Allusions to Solidarity Meetings
Brandner had shared on Twitter a post in which was read after the attack of Halle that politicians "lounging" in front of synagogues. This evidently alluded to the public solidarity meetings for the Jewish places of worship. In addition, Brandner called the publicist and former vice president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Michel Friedman, as "German Michel".
Because of the two comments on Tuesday, the German Bar Association (DAV) and the German Lawyers Association (djb) had demanded Brandners resignation as committee chief.
On Wednesday Stephan Balliet had tried to storm a synagogue in Halle. More than 50 people were in the church at the time to celebrate the most important Jewish festival, Yom Kippur.
The attacker killed a 40-year-old woman in front of the church; In a nearby doner kebab he shot a 20-year-old man from Merseburg. On the run, the offender also injured a 40-year-old woman and her 41-year-old man with shots.
After the arrest, the investigators in the car of the offender several weapons and four kilos of explosives safely. Balliet confessed and admitted a right-wing and anti-Semitic motive.
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