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Merkel condemns Stuttgart rampage as ‘abhorrent’: spokesman
BERLIN, June 22, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply condemned a violent rampage in Stuttgart, her spokesman said Monday, calling the brutal attacks against police officers and the looting of shops by hundreds of people “abhorrent”.
“Whoever has done this has turned against their city, against the people with whom they live and against the laws that protect us all,” said Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert of the riots that erupted over the weekend.
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