The German suspect in the deadly attack targeting a synagogue on Yom Kippur on Friday admitted to the shooting rampage and confessed that it was motivated by anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism, federal prosecutors said.
The shooter, 27-year-old Stephan Balliet, made a "very comprehensive" confession during an interrogation lasting several hours, said a spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe, according to AFP.
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