CAIRO — A German national of Russian origin has been sentenced in a German court to life in prison after being found guilty of stabbing a pregnant young Egyptian woman to death.

A Nov. 12th report in

The newspaper said the German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle welcomed the judgment, stating that "such a verdict makes it very clear that violence, racial intolerance and hatred have no place in Germany.”

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In summing up, prosecutor Frank Heinrich said there was no doubt as to Wiens’ motivation for the attack. "It's clear that his motive was hatred for Muslims," Heinrich said. "Like a maniacal, cold-blooded killer, he started stabbing the woman and her husband, who was trying to protect her."

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