Right-wing terror trial stirs up violent memories in Germany’s Freital
By DW
07 September 2020 |
12:55 pm
Members of a far-right terror group are standing trial for targeting politicians and refugee shelters with explosives in 2015. The case has divided Freital, a tranquil town not far from the eastern city of Dresden.
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