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Decision on hammer attack against angler assailant from Elmshorn: Markus E. (28) receives 13-year sentence for attempting to stab and rob sport fisherman Wolfgang P. (35).
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In the afternoon on a Thursday, Reverend Katharina Reinke, of St. Michaelis parish in Itzehoe (Schleswig-Holstein), received worried calls from neighbors. They sought answers about why the cross was no longer situated on the tower's 30-meter peak.
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