Stephan Brandner of AfD party removed from parliament's Legal Affairs Committee for saying a singer received a 'Judas award' for taking stand against his party

Interior minister says legislation is needed because 'the threat from far-right extremism and far-right terrorism, and with them anti-Semitism, is high'

Party candidate Bjoern Hoecke, an extremist who called Berlin Holocaust memorial a 'monument of shame,' comes second to far-left Ramelow, beats Merkel's party

Hardliner Bjoern Hoecke running neck and neck with CDU candidate in Thuringia vote, seen as key test of mood in east German heartland following Yom Kippur assault

German-Iranian teen targeted restaurant popular with immigrants on anniversary of massacre by Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik

Polls suggest AfD support has slipped in the wake of the Halle attack, which has fueled concern over growing right-wing threats

US tech companies decline to release data on online spread of footage, which would show impact of new measures they vowed to take to prevent amplification of violent content

While some have called for placing police outside Jewish institutions after Halle attack, others favor technological measures that won't undercut sense of normalcy like in France

Statement by Community Security Trust, backed by chief rabbi, says attacks on places of worship are 'sad reality of modern life'

Worshipers who were in prayer during attack describe a calm inside the building despite the gunshots outside, and continuing their service at a hospital following their evacuation