Germany news: 13-year-old boy killed in Witten stabbing
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“A 13-year-old boy has died from stab wounds in Witten, western Germany”
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Wikipedia entries only describe Witten's geography and institutions, with no mention of a stabbing incident or fatality. No corroborating sources found.
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— The Federation Free Evangelical Churches (German: Bund Freier Evangelische Gemeinde or 'Bund-FeG') is an officially recognized church system in Germany.
Founded in 1874, the church is structured as a…
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— The Gustav Landauer Library Witten (German: Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten, GLBW) is a special library in Witten, Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Landauer_Library_Witten
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— Witten (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪtn̩] ) is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witten
“Survey: A third of Germans expect the cost of living to increase”
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“Chancellor says German army could help clear mines from Strait of Hormuz”
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— The European Intervention Initiative (EII) is a joint military project between 13 European countries outside of existing structures, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Europ…
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— During the Gaza war, which began in October 2023, the German government's support for Israel has attracted significant media attention and commentary.
On 1 March 2024, Nicaragua initiated proceedings …
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— On 13 June 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while they transited the Gulf of Oman. The Kokuka Courageous, flagged in Panama and operated by a company based in Japan, and F…
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“German FM Wadephul says Germany now has clarity on US war aims”
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“Buy Deutschlandticket to offset rising fuel prices, transport minister says”
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“A whale that was freed after being stranded for days off Germany’s Baltic coast has become stuck on another sandbank”
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“Poland to keep border checks for Germany and Lithuania over illegal migration”
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— On 20 March 1939, Nazi Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop presented an oral ultimatum to Juozas Urbšys, foreign minister of Lithuania. Germany demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipė…
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— Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to th…
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— The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (Polish: I Rzeczpospolita), was a federative real union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Gran…
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“Public transport can help cut driving costs, minister says”
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“1 killed, 2 injured in Witten stabbing”
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“Merz: German military could help clear Hormuz of mines”
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“Merz accuses Trump of 'massive escalation' in Iran war”
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“Germans fear new bout of inflation as fuel prices soar”
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