Lawyer Björn Clemens (left) speaks to his client Markus H. on one of the last days of the trial in front of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court (archive photo)
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In the murder of Walter Lübcke, Markus H. was acquitted as an accomplice. The Antifa doesn’t care. She carried out an attack on H.’s car in Kassel.
Kassel – A small car that was sold on Monday night in Kassel industrial area Waldau has burned, heard Markus H., the acquitted co-defendant from the trial for The murder of Kassel’s regional president Walter Lübcke. To the arson attack has a Antifa group known.
On Thursday, three days after the attack, 46-year-old H. was accused of the Accessory to murder to District President Lübcke acquitted been. H. was only charged for a violation of the weapon law Sentenced to a suspended sentence of one and a half years.
Attack on co-defendants in the Lübcke trial: Letter of responsibility from the Antifa
On the left website, Indymedia.org, a day before the verdict was announced Confession letter released. There it says that the Antifa on Monday night the car that Markus H. had set on fire Release from custody have used. The group makes H. jointly responsible for the Lübcke murder, regardless of the outcome of the trial.
The car was in the front area due to the fire completely destroyed been. The police estimate the damage at 4,000 euros. A Mini parked next door was also damaged by the heat.
Attack on co-defendants in the Lübcke trial: police do not rule out political motive
According to police spokesman Matthias Mänz, the criminal investigation department is investigating deliberate arson. The police do not provide any information about the injured party. On political motive is not excluded, according to Mänz.
While that Frankfurt Higher Regional Court the main defendants in the Lübcke murder case, Stephan Ernst sentenced to life imprisonment, Markus H. was acquitted of the most serious allegations. His reaction to the verdict surprised trial observers, however. (Ulrike Pflüger-Scherb)
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