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Pope visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive ‘cruelty’

Edit The Japan News 30 Jul 2016
The Associated PressOSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Choosing silence to convey his sorrow, Pope Francis visited the former Nazi death factory at Auschwitz and Birkenau on Friday, meeting with concentration camp survivors as well as aging saviors who helped Jews escape certain doom. In a guest book entry he made an anguished plea. “Lord, forgiveness for so much cruelty!” ... Prayer was enough,” Sobczynska said, speaking to Poland’s TVN24 ... + - ... ....

‘Lord, forgiveness for so much cruelty’, begs Pope during Auschwitz visit

Edit Deccan Chronicle 30 Jul 2016
Oswiecim, Poland. Choosing silence to convey his sorrow, Pope Francis visited the former Nazi death factory at Auschwitz and Birkenau on Friday, meeting with concentration camp survivors as well as aging saviors who helped Jews escape certain doom. In a guest book entry he made an anguished plea. “Lord, forgiveness for so much cruelty!” ... Prayer was enough,” Sobczynska said, speaking to Poland’s TVN24 ... ....

The Latest: Woman killed in knife attack was Polish citizen

Edit The Oklahoman 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany (AP) — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 12.05 p.m. Poland's Foreign Ministry says a woman killed in a knife attack in southern Germany was a Polish citizen. It was one in a series of deadly attacks in Germany in the past week ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested. His motives were probably personal....

The Latest: German official: 59 refugees under investigation

Edit Springfield News-Sun 25 Jul 2016
The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 12.30 p.m. Germany's top security official says authorities are conducting 59 investigations of refugees suspected of possible links to terrorist organizations ... The Funke newspaper group on Monday quoted him as saying ... ___. 12.05 p.m ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested ... ___. Noon ... ___....

The Latest: Bomber received 2 deportation orders

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 1.25 p.m. A spokesman for Germany's interior ministry says the man who detonated a bomb near a music festival, killing himself and wounding 12 others, had received two deportation notices ... 22, 2014 ... ___. 12.30 p.m ... ___. 12.05 p.m ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested....

The Latest: Mayor: unclear if suicide bomber was extremist

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 2.55 p.m. The mayor of Ansbach says it's still too early to say whether the Syrian asylum-seeker behind a bombing was an extremist, noting that the suspect had twice attempted suicide ... She says ... ___. 1.25 p.m ... 22, 2014 ... ___ ... ___ ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested ... ....

The Latest: Interior minister orders increased security

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 3.15 p.m. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says he has ordered increased security presence at airports, train stations and elsewhere in the wake of a series of attacks ... We should not ... ___. 2.55 p.m ... She says ... ___ ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested ... ....

The Latest: Ansbach attacker pledged allegiance to IS chief

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 3.30 p.m. Bavaria's top security official says a video has been found on the Ansbach bomber's phone showing him pledging allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State group ... ___. 3.20 p.m ... More than a dozen people were wounded ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested ... ....

The Latest: EU spokesman acknowledges gun law loopholes

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 3.45 p.m. A European Union spokesman has acknowledged "serious loopholes" in the bloc's current rules on the acquisition and possession of firearms, but said the EU's executive has submitted proposals for tighter regulation ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested ... ....

The Latest: IS claims responsibility for Ansbach attack

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 3.50 p.m. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Ansbach, Germany that wounded 15 ... It was the fourth attack to shake Germany in a week — three of them carried out by recent migrants. ___ ... ___ ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested....

The Latest: Police free Afghan friend of Munich attacker

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 5.30 p.m ... German news agency dpa reported that the 16-year-old was freed from custody Monday. Investigators retrieved a deleted WhatsApp instant-messaging chat between him and the attacker ... ___. 3.50 p.m ... ___. 3.45 p.m ... ___ ... ___ ... ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested....

The Latest: Syria opposition group shamed by Germany attacks

Edit Boston Herald 25 Jul 2016
ANSBACH, Germany — The Latest on a series of attacks in Germany in the past week (all times local).. 6.30 p.m. The German representative of a Syrian opposition group says he feels shame over a string of attacks committed this week by Syrian asylum seekers in Germany ... Abdullah says he feels "sad and ashamed ... ___. 5.30 p.m ... ... Sven Heinz of Reutlingen police said on Polish TVN24 the attacker injured two other people before being arrested....

Jewish group calls on Polish minister to apologise over pogrom remarks

Edit The Himalayan 21 Jul 2016
Speaking to private broadcaster TVN24, Education Minister Anna Zalewska refused to openly admit Poles’ complicity in the pogrom, saying it was a “historical fact, which has been misunderstood many times, with many very biased opinions”. “The dramatic situation which took place in Jedwabne is controversial. Many historians, distinguished professors, paint a completely different picture,” she said ...   ... ....
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