- A Pro-Refugee German Mayor Stabbed For Helping Refugees

- Agencies : The mayor of the German town of Altena has been stabbed, in what appears to be a political attack.

Andreas Hollstein, 57, was struck in the neck while in a kebab shop.

Witnesses said the attacker criticised the mayor's pro-refugee policy during the stabbing. The attack was stopped by Demir Abdullah, the shop owner, and his son.

Hollstein was lightly injured on his neck after the assailant put a large knife on his throat.

"You let me die of thirst but you bring 200 refugees to Altena," the attacker said, according to Hollstein.

"I was lucky the shop owners helped me," he said during a press conference.

"They risked their own lives by doing so. I'm sure that if they hadn't reacted like that, I wouldn't be alive."

The attacker is being prosecuted for attempted murder.

Source: Aljazeera