Germany: Halle mayoral election kicks off in wake of synagogue shooting

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M/S People entering polling station inside Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-School
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SOT, Kai Fischer, Halle resident (German): "It shouldn't really [influence the results of the vote]. But if it had an influence, then I think the voters would opt for the Left Party, as I would have voted as well, because the shooting was right-motivated. But it won't affect the election too much."
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Halle residents began casting their ballots on Sunday as polls opened in Halle's mayoral election, just a few days after a deadly attack at a synagogue in the east German city which took the lives of two people.
Footage shows local residents casting their ballots at the polling station at the Hans-Dietrich-Genscher-School.
On Wednesday, a 27-year old man opened fire outside a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle killing two people, in what has been acknowledged a far-right terror attack by German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht. One of the victims was reportedly slain in a Jewish cemetery outside the synagogue while the other was gunned down in a nearby kebab shop.