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Afghan man gets life sentence for deadly Munich car-ramming attack

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A German court has sentenced an Afghan asylum seeker to life in prison for a car-ramming attack in Munich that resulted in the deaths of a mother and her young daughter, and injured dozens more. The court found the 25-year-old guilty of murder, attempted murder, and bodily harm, citing religious motivation for the attack. This incident, which occurred during a trade union march, heightened debates on immigration and security in Germany, particularly as it happened shortly before the Munich Security Conference. AI

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Afghan man gets life sentence for deadly Munich car-ramming attack

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Germany jails man for life over deadly Munich car-ramming

    A German court on Thursday handed an Afghan man a life sentence for a car-ramming attack in Munich last year which killed a two-year-old girl and her mother and left dozens injured. The court in Munich found the man, named only as Farhad N., guilty of two counts of murder, 23 of …

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