A fatal knife attack in the west German city of Solingen has placed immigration and Islamist terrorism at the top of the political agenda ahead of elections next Sunday that were already expected to deliver strong gains for the far right.
The nationalist Alternative for Germany party, which is polling strongly in the two states of Saxony and Thuringia ahead of elections there on September 1, has turned the incident on Friday into a pillar of its campaign.
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