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Politically motivated crimes in Germany reach record high

The number of politically motivated crimes in Germany has risen rapidly against a backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the country's general elections in February, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Tuesday.

In 2024, German authorities registered over 84,000 crimes — a 40% increase from the year prior and the highest number recorded since the western European nation started tracking such incidents in 2001.

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