Wounded Yom Kippur shooter is taken to court still showing signs of injuries he suffered in battle with police as German prosecutor says he intended to carry out a 'massacre'
Daily Mail
October 10, 2019
Yom Kippur shooter Stephan Balliet showed signs of injury as he was escorted from a helicopter ahead of a court appearance on Thursday.
Germany's top prosecutor Peter Frank said the Yom Kippur shooter had intended to carry out a synagogue massacre and described the shooting as an act of 'terror' on Tuesday. 'What we experienced yesterday was terror,' he said.
'The suspect, Stephan Balliet, aimed to carry out a massacre in the synagogue in Halle.' Balliet, 27 - identified as the German Yom Kippur shooter after live-streaming the attack - has been revealed as a loner who lived with his mother and spent hours on his computer.
He was not a known extremist, according to local media, and appears to have self-radicalised online.
A manifesto posted to the internet a week ago specifically mentions attacking the synagogue in Halle which was targeted on Wednesday, talks about killing 'anti-whites' including Jews, and contains images of home-made weapons and ammunition used in the attack.
The new details emerged as Jewish community leaders hit out at German authorities for failing to do more to combat rising anti-Semitism, while also asking for more protection for Jewish sites.
Two people were shot dead during the attack Wednesday, before police arrested the suspected gunman after a shoot-out that left him wounded.
Around 50 terrified men, women and children - including 10 Americans - were trapped inside the German synagogue in Halle during a neo-Nazi attack. They watched him try and get in on CCTV.
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