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The defendant in the trial of the right-wing terrorist attack in Halle broke off his closing lecture after a few minutes.

In his last words, Stephan Balliet again denied the Holocaust on Wednesday before the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Naumburg after about three minutes of his lecture.

Attorneys of the accessory prosecution protested loudly immediately, the presiding judge Ursula Mertens interrupted the accused.

"This is a criminal offense, he should sit again for it," cried lawyer Alexander Hoffmann, attorney for co-prosecution.

"I explained that to you, you mustn't repeat that," Mertens said to the accused, who had already denied the Holocaust several times.

The defendant then broke off his presentation.

He had already denied the Holocaust during the trial.

Mertens interrupted the session and again gave the defendant the opportunity to have a last word, but he refused to speak.

Previously, he had once again presented crude anti-Semitic, racist and anti-feminist conspiracy stories and described the trial against him as a show trial.

His defense had previously expressly praised the fair trial and expressed deep condolences to the victims and bereaved.

The defense asked the court to deliver a "fair judgment".

Mertens plans to announce the verdict on December 21.

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On October 9, 2019, a terrorist tried to kill 51 people who were celebrating Yom Kippur, the highest Jewish holiday in the Halle synagogue.

He failed at the massive door, then shot the passer-by Jana L. and later in a kebab shop Kevin S. On the subsequent escape he injured other people.

The process has been running since July before the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Naumburg, but due to lack of space it is taking place in Magdeburg.

The 28-year-old German Stephan Balliet confessed to the crimes and justified them with anti-Semitic, racist and anti-feminist conspiracy theories.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office calls for a life sentence with subsequent preventive detention and the determination of the particular gravity of the guilt; the secondary prosecution joined in the claim.