Merkel voices 'shock' at German mayor candidate stabbing

Merkel voices 'shock' at German mayor candidate stabbing
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Summary Merkel expressed her shock and condemned this act: Spokesperson

BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed shock Saturday at the stabbing of a mayoral candidate in what police have called a "racist, political" attack linked to Europe s migrant crisis.

Merkel "expressed her shock and condemned this act," a spokesperson for her office told AFP after the incident in the western city of Cologne which left mayoral hopeful Henriette Reker with serious neck wounds.
 

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