A German man went on trial on Tuesday for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany's postwar history.
Stephan Balliet, who is accused of shooting dead two people after an attempt to storm a synagogue in Halle, arrives into the courtroom prior his trial on July 21, 2020 at the district court in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. – The deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle in October 2019 is seen as one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany’s postwar history. Stephan Balliet, 28, has been charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder.
Prosecutors say Balliet used explosives and firearms to try to gain access to the synagogue, where 52 worshippers were celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Mark Lupschitz, the lawyer representing nine worshippers at the synagogue at the time of the attack, said his clients “want answers and want to look him in the eyes to let him know that they have no understanding for what he did.”
Baillet “described the fatal shots fired at his two victims in Halle without emotion” and appeared disappointed that he had failed in his attempt to enter the synagogue, psychiatrist Norbert Leygraf was cited as saying.The trial is being held at the district court in Magdeburg and scheduled to last until mid-October.The synagogue’s heavy wooden door still bears the bullet holes from the assault and will soon be removed and used for a communal art project.
The Halle attack came three months after the murder of local pro-migrant politician Walter Luebcke in the western city of Kassel, allegedly by a known neo-Nazi.
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