Halle, Germany
Far-right terrorism: At least two people were killed and two others wounded after a gunman wearing military-style gear went on a rampage in the German city of Halle this week, targeting a synagogue and a kebab shop. The gunman live-streamed his attack on the gaming platform Twitch, saying in English that he was a Holocaust denier and that Jews are to blame for all of the West’s problems. After trying and failing to force his way into the packed synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, the gunman shot and killed a woman on the street. He then opened fire on a nearby kebab shop, killing one man. After hijacking a taxi, the suspect was arrested on a highway to Munich. Police said they were investigating whether the attacker had “antiSemitic and right-wing extremist motives.”