World Jewish Congress: Halle Attacker Sentenced to Life in Prison
December 22, 2020
December 22, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release on Dec. 21:
A German court concluded the five-month trial of the attacker who attempted to break into a synagogue on Yom Kippur in the town of Halle and then shot two bystanders. The perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
The World Jewish Congress is gratified that the German justice system appropriately brought the assailant, a far-right extremist and Holocaust denier, to justice.
A German court concluded the five-month trial of the attacker who attempted to break into a synagogue on Yom Kippur in the town of Halle and then shot two bystanders. The perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
The World Jewish Congress is gratified that the German justice system appropriately brought the assailant, a far-right extremist and Holocaust denier, to justice.