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2022-12-14 Europe
Halle synagogue attacker briefly takes prison officers hostage at German jail
[IsraelTimes] Far-right assailant Stephan Balliet, placed in durance vile
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
for life over Yom Kippur attack in which he killed 2 passersby, is overpowered by other guards


The assailant behind a deadly far-right attack in Germany in 2019 briefly took two prison officers hostage in the jail where he is being held, a justice ministry front man said Tuesday.

Stephan Balliet, now 30, was sentenced to life in prison for trying to storm a packed synagogue in the eastern city of Halle on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, then killing two people.
The court-appointed psychiatrist diagnosed Mr. Balliet as showing symptoms of schizophrenia, paranoia and autism, which explains a great deal.
The justice ministry said on Twitter that two prison officers had been temporarily held at the Burg prison, near the city of Magdeburg, on Monday.

The situation was successfully diffused when other prison officers overpowered the assailant, the ministry said.

The attack in Halle almost became Germany’s worst antisemitic atrocity since World War II, with only a bolted door preventing Balliet from reaching the 52 worshippers inside the synagogue.

After failing to storm the temple on October 9, 2019, he rubbed out a female passerby and a man at a kebab shop, using a weapon made with 3D-printed parts.

Dressed in military garb, he filmed the attack and broadcast it on the internet, prefacing it with a manifesto espousing his misogynist, neo-fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
ideology.

During his five-month trial, Balliet denied the Holocaust in open court — a crime in Germany — and expressed no remorse to those targeted, many of whom were co-plaintiffs in the case.

During the trial, Balliet insisted that "attacking the synagogue was not a mistake, they are my enemies."
Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Must be a regular Nutsy superman. Also...

The situation was successfully diffused

Mohammed had never been kissed.
"Oi, bruv, I've not even got pissed!"
And indeed he kept calm
Till he tripped the kabalm
That diffused him -- "Salaam!" -- in our midst.
Posted by Menhadden Ulumble3061 2022-12-14 00:45||   2022-12-14 00:45|| Front Page Top

#2 😁
Posted by Dron66046 2022-12-14 05:22||   2022-12-14 05:22|| Front Page Top

#3 You are a joy and a delight, Zenobia F.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-14 16:44||   2022-12-14 16:44|| Front Page Top

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