Symbolic imageGerman court's leniency toward Berlin Pride attacker sparks political debate
A German court convicted Abdul Ballout, the man who attacked the Christopher Street Day parade in Berlin, in May of preparing an act of terrorism, sentenced him to 22 months and then deferred the execution of that sentence in favour of a deradicalisation programme, Le Monde reports. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt proposed exempting adult suspects from juvenile criminal law and floated electronic ankle bracelets, AfD politicians attacked the attacker's milieu as well as what they called professional gays and the domestic intelligence service, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said it was stil
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