Police foil murder plot of German politician
Michael Kretschmer, governor of the German state of Saxony and member of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), addresses the media during a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.
Police in Germany foiled an assassination plot against the state of Saxony’s political leader. The group behind the plot was reportedly angry about the country’s COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout. And in Sudan, anti-military demonstrations continue nationwide after the military coup in October. Civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated but now he must create a new government after a wave of official government resignations. Plus, the Swedish city of Gävle has put up its annual Christmas goat, a 100-foot-tall straw structure that’s regularly burned down despite the town’s attempts to secure it with webcams and guards.
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