Gunmen in Wednesday’s shooting in the German city of Halle sought to enter a synagogue but security measures in place helped to “withstand the attack”, a Jewish community leader told Spiegel Online.
Max Privorotzki, who heads the community in Halle, added that between 70 and 80 people were in the synagogue on a day when Jews around the world were marking Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days in the Hebrew calendar.
