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Trier (AP) - The national soccer players Antonio Rüdiger and Robin Koch support the families of the victims of the Trier rampage.
Other athletes and artists also help with the #CharityForPorta campaign.
«We want to demonstrate solidarity, set an example and above all help the bereaved.
Money cannot dry a tear.
Don't alleviate grief.
But with financial security you will gain time.
Time to mourn », says the initiators' homepage.
Five people were killed in the rampage of a 51-year-old in Trier's pedestrian zone last Tuesday.
There were also 24 injured, six of whom suffered serious injuries.
Rüdiger and Koch auction club and club jerseys and donate themselves. «I started my professional career in Trier and still have many friends there.
To see this cruel act and the consequences was very frightening for me, "said the 24-year-old Koch, currently with Leeds United in the Premier League, the German press agency.
"My thoughts are in Trier and with all relatives of the victims and I want to send you a lot of strength."
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Chelsea professional Rüdiger is often in Trier because his brother and advisor Sahr lives there.
“When I got the news what happened there, I was stunned.
An absolutely terrible event, ”said the 27-year-old.
#CharityForPorta