Political Murder and Far Right Shock Germany.

The article reports on the fatal shooting of Walter Lübcke, a regional politician for the conservative party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on June 2, 2019, which appears to be the country's first far-right political assassination since the Nazi era. The suspected shooter, who has a violent neo-Nazi past and police record, retracted his earlier confession under a new legal team. Prior to the shooting, Lübcke's name appeared on an online Neo-Nazi hit list.