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German Mayoral Candidate Stabbed In Anti-Refugee Attack

   10/17/2015 02:15 pm ET
   Associated Press
   Geir Moulson
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   BERLIN (AP) — A leading candidate to be mayor of Cologne was stabbed
   and seriously wounded Saturday by a man who claimed anti-foreigner
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   mayor of Germany's fourth-biggest city, but is backed by Merkel's
   conservatives and two other parties. The 58-year-old currently heads
   Cologne's social affairs and integration department, and is responsible
   for refugee housing.
   [56228f751400002200c7a2e1.jpeg] OLIVER BERG via Getty Images

   Another woman was seriously wounded and three people had minor injuries
   from the attack, senior police investigator Norbert Wagner told
   reporters.
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   Prosecutor Ulf Willuhn said officials will now investigate whether that
   was in fact the man's primary motive or whether his health played a
   role. They plan to carry out a psychiatric examination.
   [56228f4212000026007e55a1.jpeg] OLIVER BERG via Getty Images

   Asked whether the suspect had specifically mentioned Reker's or
   Merkel's policies on refugees, Wagner said: "No. He made general
   statements in that direction — he didn't mention Ms. Merkel at all."
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   debate in Germany."

   "This cowardly attack in Cologne is further evidence of the increasing
   radicalization of the refugee debate," he said in a statement.
   [56228f971400006f003c87ad.jpeg] OLIVER BERG via Getty Images

   Germany has taken in more refugees and other migrants than any other
   European Union country, and the influx is stretching its capacity to
   house newcomers. Most Germans have been welcoming, but there have been
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   Attacks on politicians are rare in Germany, but there have been
   prominent cases.

   Then-Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was shot by a deranged man
   while campaigning in October 1990, an attack that left him using a
   wheelchair. A few months earlier, a mentally disturbed woman stabbed
   Oskar Lafontaine, then a prominent member of Germany's main opposition
   party, while he was campaigning in Cologne.

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