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Germany: Pro-Refugee Candidate Stabbed, Wins Mayoral Race

HeadlineOct 19, 2015

Meanwhile in Germany, Henriette Reker has been elected mayor of Cologne, despite being stabbed in the neck the day before elections by a man who opposed her support for refugees. And in Switzerland, the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, known for virulent attacks on immigrants and Islam, saw historic success in the Swiss parliamentary elections Sunday.

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