(Fall guy, political persecution!- CDH)  German denies 'racist' bombing 18 years on as trial begins

Richard Heister and Deborah COLE in Berlin
AFPJanuary 25, 2018

A string of far-right attacks led Germany to reevaluate its probe into the 2000 Duesseldorf train station bombing
A string of far-right attacks led Germany to reevaluate its probe into the 2000 Duesseldorf train station bombing (AFP Photo/PATRIK STOLLARZ)
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Düsseldorf (Germany) (AFP) - Nearly 18 years after a bombing at a German commuter rail station targeting Jewish immigrants, an alleged neo-Nazi denied the crime as he went on trial Thursday.

Ralf Spies, 51, is facing 12 counts of attempted murder and a charge of causing an explosion for the attack in the western city of Duesseldorf on the afternoon of July 27, 2000.

Spies was known to police as a right-wing extremist at the time and ran a military surplus store near the scene of the crime, which shocked Germany and drew international condemnation.  https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-denies-racist-bombing-18-years-trial-begins-151906203.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-denies-racist-bombing-18-years-trial-begins-151906203.html