Magdeburg's light of hope: the funeral service after attack the city combines
Magdeburg's light of hope: the funeral service after attack the city combines
in Magdeburg, a tragic attack on the Christmas market shook the city, which a week ago cost at least five people and injured 235 others, sometimes seriously. The Mayor of Magdeburg described the incident as inhumane and as a big wound for the city. At a commemoration in the opera house, members of the victims, affected people, rescue workers and first aiders gathered to commemorate and come together.
"We want to mourn - give hatred no chance" was the motto of an impressive chain of lights, which was formed by around 4,000 people a few days ago. This campaign was directed against the right -wing extremist AfD, which tried to exploit the attack for political purposes. The mayor expressed that the wound would leave a scar, but the community would find the right way to deal with it, such as om Online reported.
Christmas address by Cardinal Marx
In the meantime, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, held a moving Christmas address in the Munich Liebfrauendom, who was well attended. In his speech, he called on not simply accepting the current conditions and believing in change and improvement. He addressed the effects of the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market and its effects on fear, doubts and hopelessness.marx described the deed as "senseless cruelty" and "madness" and emphasized the need to open up sources of hope to avoid despair. These thoughts were also taken up by zdf
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