German mayor found with stab wounds in apartment

RTE Tuesday 7th October 2025, 8:46PM 1 min read 7 hours ago

The newly-elected mayor of a town in western Germany has been found with life-threatening stab wounds in what Chancellor Friedrich Merz described as an "abhorrent act".

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