The incident in Aschaffenburg, occurring just weeks before Germany's parliamentary elections, has prompted opposition parties to leverage the attack as a platform to advocate for stricter ...

He is suspected of having attacked a kindergarten group in a park in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg ... And with just one month to go until Germany's federal elections, the incident has ...

Attack comes as Germany on security alert ahead of elections Aschaffenburg lies in the northern part of the German state of Bavaria, and is less than an hour's drive or train ride from Frankfurt.

Government officials and residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany ... St. Peter and Alexander in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, was briefly ...

Horrified by the Aschaffenburg attack on Jan 22 ... party said he was bringing three motions to parliament that demanded the closure of Germany’s borders to illegal migrants, tougher internal security ...

Germany’s migration debate has once again been thrown into the spotlight after a man and a child were killed in a knife attack by a former Afghan asylum-seeker who had been told to leave the country.

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but polling figures issued since the Aschaffenburg attack suggest it could start to catch up with Mr Merz’s vote share of 30 per cent. Germany’s traditional parties, even the CDU, continue to ...

Two teddy bears and numerous candles are placed in Aschaffenburg, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 following the fatal attack in a park. Credit: AP/Daniel Vogl The attack is politically sensitive ...

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany. By Jim Tankersley and ...