Police foil assassination plot against German leader

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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. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Riham al-Koussa, a reporter with Reuters in Berlin, about the latest developments in the story.

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