Far-right suspect confesses to killing German politician
by Josie Le Blond in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#4HZE9)
Stephan Ernst cites pro-refugee stance as motive for shooting CDU's Walter Li1/4bcke
A far-right extremist has confessed to murdering a pro-refugee German politician who was found dead outside his house on 2 June having been shot in the head.
Stephan Ernst, a 45-year-old German man with a string of convictions for violent anti-migrant crime, was arrested two weeks after the murder of Walter Li1/4bcke, 65. Police had matched Ernst's DNA with evidence recovered from the scene of the crime.
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