Police foil assassination plot against German leader

The World

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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