German politicians' support for refugees prompts death threats

Email warns recent murder of Walter Li1/4bcke was first in a line of 'upcoming purges'

Several German politicians who have publicly stood up for refugees have received death threats since what police are treating as the politically motivated murder of one of Angela Merkel's party allies.

An email sent to politicians and media organisations across the country on Tuesday night warned that the murder of the CDU politician Walter Li1/4bcke, allegedly by a man linked to the far right, was the first in a line of "upcoming purges" and called for terror attacks on left-leaning politicians, refugees and Jews in Germany.