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//File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have detained two suspects in the murder of a pro-immigration politician shot by a far-right sympathiser who has confessed to the crime, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
They said one of the men, identified as Elmar J., had sold the gun Stephen E. used to shoot Walter Luebcke, who was found lying outside his home in the state of Hesse on June 2. German privacy laws prohibit publishing their family names.
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