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| German mayoral candidate Reker stabbed 'in political attack' | |
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| A leading candidate in Cologne's mayoral race has been stabbed in what officials are saying is a politically motivated attack. | A leading candidate in Cologne's mayoral race has been stabbed in what officials are saying is a politically motivated attack. |
| Henriette Reker - an independent candidate supported by Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party - was wounded in the neck in the attack on Saturday. | Henriette Reker - an independent candidate supported by Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party - was wounded in the neck in the attack on Saturday. |
| Local police said Ms Reker, 58, was "stable, but not out of the woods". | Local police said Ms Reker, 58, was "stable, but not out of the woods". |
| Officials said the attacker may have targeted her because of her role in looking after refugees in the city. | Officials said the attacker may have targeted her because of her role in looking after refugees in the city. |
| Police have arrested a 44-year-old German national and Cologne resident. He told officials he attacked Ms Reker "because of anti-foreigner motives," according to senior police investigator Norbert Wagner. | |
| The suspect appeared to have acted alone and had no police record, Mr Wagner added. | |
| Ralf Jager, a regional interior minister, said: "The first signs speak for a politically motivated act." | Ralf Jager, a regional interior minister, said: "The first signs speak for a politically motivated act." |
| The attacker will undergo a psychiatric examination to establish whether that was his primary motive or whether he had a health problem. | |
| Another woman was seriously wounded and three people suffered minor injuries as they tried to overwhelm the man. | |
| City officials said the election would go ahead as planned. Ms Reker has been the head of Cologne's social affairs and integration department since 2010. | |
| Ms Merkel has come under fire from some in Germany over the large numbers of refugees and migrants being allowed into the country. | |
| Germany has said it expects 800,000 people to seek asylum this year, but a leaked report suggested the number could be as high as 1.5 million. |