FILE PHOTO: An honour guard stands next to the coffin of Kassel District President Walter Luebcke, who was shot dead by a suspected far-right extremist,, during his funeral in Kassel, Germany, June 13, 2019. Swen Pfoertner/Pool via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German far-right sympathizer suspected of murdering a pro-immigration conservative politician has confessed to the crime, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday.
Federal prosecutor general Peter Frank told members of parliament's internal affairs committee that Stephan E. had confessed to shooting Walter Luebcke, who was found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in the state of Hesse on June 2.
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