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Kassel (dpa / lhe) - The police in Kassel are investigating clues about an arson attack on the car of the co-defendant in the Lübcke trial.

The facts are being checked, said a police spokesman on Saturday.

Further information could not be given at the moment.

According to information from “hessenschau.de”, Markus H.'s car was set on fire on Monday night.

On the internet platform de.indymedia.org, classified as left-wing extremist, anonymous authors stated that they had committed the act on behalf of the Antifa.

In the trial of the murder of CDU politician Walter Lübcke, H. was sentenced on Thursday to a suspended sentence of one year and six months for violating the weapons law.

Originally, he was charged in the proceedings at the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court of accessory to murder.

The main defendant Stephan Ernst was sentenced to life imprisonment.

He committed the act for right-wing extremist motives and “xenophobia for Dr.

Lübcke »projected.

In 2015, the politician spoke out in favor of accepting refugees.

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