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German president: ‘We must protect Jewish life’

Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended the wake of the victims of the synagogue attack. (File/AFP)

Updated 10 October 2019

AFP

October 10, 2019 11:13

German president: ‘We must protect Jewish life’

“It must be clear that the state takes responsibility for Jewish life, for the security of Jewish life in Germany,” he said

Updated 10 October 2019

AFP

October 10, 2019 11:13

HALLE: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday after meeting with Jewish leaders at the site of a deadly anti-Semitic attack that the country had a duty to protect Jews on its soil.
“It must be clear that the state takes responsibility for Jewish life, for the security of Jewish life in Germany,” he said. “We must protect Jewish life.”