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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Tom Watling

Germany is in fearful mourning while far-right AfD party surges in polls ahead of election

A damaged car at the scene after a vehicle was driven into a trade union demonstration in Munich, Germany - (EPA)

A middle-aged woman clutching an emptied cardboard box stands silently over the latest pile of fresh red flowers to be laid on the roadside near Munich’s central station. A child’s pink dress hangs on the railings above, next to an Algerian flag and a doll. Teddy bears sit among placards calling for peace.

It’s just over a week since a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove his white Mini into a crowd of people attending a trade union demonstration. It was the third suspected terror attack in Germany in as many months.

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