German pro-refugee mayor attacked by man with knife

Andreas Hollstein, 57, mayor of Altena, was treated in hospital after he was attacked by man who criticised his refugee policy

A knife attacker injured a German town mayor in an assault that appeared to be motivated by the municipal leader’s pro-refugee stance, officials said on Tuesday.

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, was “horrified by the knife attack”, her spokesman, Steffen Seibert, wrote on Twitter.

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