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Without speculating as to the identity of today's attackers, Sachsen-Anhalt has a significant right-wing extremism problem, intensified by events last year in the neighbouring federal German state of Sachsen.
Riots in the city of Chemnitz during which right-wing extremists coordinated 'foreigner hunts' through smartphone apps, have left simmering unresolved tensions.
Halle, in which today's incident occurred, was the scene of violent confrontations between right-wing identitarians, police and anti-fascist groups in July.
Officers have 'NRW' for Nordrhein-Westfalen on their helmets - that's how far away police were brought in from.
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The lamentable fate of Mike Stuchbery 🎃🍷
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Now, here's some Halloween content for you: If you know anything about my part of Germany - Baden-Württemberg - you can't throw a rock without hitting a burg (castle), schloss (palace) or kloster (monastery).

If there's one thing that they *all* seem to have, it's a ghost... /1
In fact, I wonder whether it's some kind of by-law historic monuments here in Baden-Württemberg have a terrifying apparition.

The department @Schloesser_BaWu looks after these properties. I think they need an Office of Spectral Management.

I mean, consider the following... /2
Here in Stuttgart, we've got an old castle and a new palace - the Altes Schloss and the Neue Schloss. Stuttgarters built Duke Karl-Eugen the second when he threatened to leave the city in the 18th century.

Funnily enough, it's the Neue Schloss that has the spook... /3
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Today's #LMWObjectoftheDay is a votive canvas painting from 1759, restored in 1882, artist unknown. Votive paintings were made to give thanks in Central Europe for supposed divine assistance - this man has lost a coffin from a cart!

(Pic: P. Frankstein/H. Weitasch)
Addendum: The location pictured is real - it's the Sankt-Remigius-Kapelle near Würmlingen, here in Baden-Württemberg. The painting once hung there.

It is a pilgrimage chapel first built in the 11th century by local lords.
The hill on which the chapel sits, the Kapellenberg, is said in local folklore to be home to a dragon - a clear signal that in pre-Christian times it was a revered sacred site.

Right, the local arms of Würmlingen.
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Attention, Copenhagen! This weekend, a group of 'ethno-nationalists' are meeting in your city for the 'Scandza Forum' - I'm sure you're going to give them a tremendous Danish welcome! /1
These folks are gathering at a *secret* location to share all sorts of ideas about how white people are better than everybody else - and then how to go about getting rid of everybody else! /2
There's all sorts of interesting folks attending! Fresh from his appearance speaking to Generation Identity UK, Tomislav Sunic will be talking at the forum - sharing his fascinating thoughts on Judaism! /3
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