Pro-refugee German mayor stabbed in suspected political attack - Polidicks

[quote] BERLIN (Reuters) - The mayor of a small town in western Germany known for pursuing liberal migrant policies was stabbed in the neck at a kebab shop on Monday evening and seriously hurt in an attack that officials suspected was politically motivated. The conservative mayor of Altena, Andreas Hollstein, appeared at a news conference on Tuesday to describe the attack which left him with a 15 cm long cut on his neck, covered in a white plaster. “I feared for my life,” said the 57-year-old mayor who has received a German integration prize from Chancellor Angela Merkel. He said the attack took place in an atmosphere of growing social tension and hate. [/quote] [url]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-attack-mayor/pro-refugee-german-mayor-stabbed-in-suspected-political-attack-idUSKBN1DS0O7[/url]

[QUOTE]at a kebab shop[/QUOTE] Irony?

Gotta make sure we protect ourselves from those dangeours, violent foreigners!

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;52929562]Irony?[/QUOTE] No, the complete opposite. Irony in this situation would be if he were stabbed by a migrant, at a nationalist rally or something of the like. Irony is unexpected.

[quote]The attacker asked him if he was the mayor, before saying: “You let me die of thirst and let 200 refugees into Altena,” Hollstein recalled. Then the man plunged a 30 cm long kitchen knife into him. Police told reporters that the suspect, identified only as Werner S., had been arrested. They believed his motives were xenophobic and political, although they took it to be a spontaneous attack, adding he had alcohol in his system. “I will push for refugees and for other people in a weaker social situation,” he vowed, thanking the owner of the shop and his son for probably saving his life. [/quote] Seems like your average racist person who got drunk and went to 11 by using a knife, although the "you let me die of thrist" sounds confusing. I wonder what he meant.

[QUOTE=Maestro Fenix;52930310]Seems like your average racist person who got drunk and went to 11 by using a knife, although the "you let me die of thrist" sounds confusing. I wonder what he meant.[/QUOTE] He means the 'native German' has been neglected.

Alternate headline: Holstien Skewered in Kebab Shop.

[QUOTE=Maestro Fenix;52930310]Seems like your average racist person who got drunk and went to 11 by using a knife, although the "you let me die of thrist" sounds confusing. I wonder what he meant.[/QUOTE] Letting the refugees in dried up the supply of good beer, forcing the assailant to subsist on cheap French wine.