Top legal official tells reporters gunman had 4 kilograms of explosives in his car when arrested, calls deadly anti-Semitic attack in city of Halle ‘terrorism’

Yom Kippur gunman, named as neo-Nazi Stephan Balliet, used homemade weapons in thwarted effort to burst into synagogue; would have killed more people if guns hadn't failed

As Jewish leaders criticize lack of police presence outside the Halle synagogue, congregation members say officers took more than 10 minutes to arrive on the scene

Head of the Central Council for community says it was 'scandalous' that there wasn't more security on a day like Yom Kippur; World Jewish Congress head calls for 24-hour protection

Assailant, identified by media as neo-Nazi Stephan Balliet, 27, talks throughout to imagined audience, apologizing for inability to break into house of worship, kill more people

White supremacists and neo-Nazis targeting immigrants and pro-immigration politicians, stockpiling weapons and arms; officials say threat as great as Islamic extremism

Local media cite unidentified security sources saying evidence points to lone assailant; in attack livestream gunman launches into rant against Jews, claims Holocaust didn't happen

German chancellor speaks with Jewish community, expresses 'deep sympathy' for the victims' families and 'solidarity for all Jews'

Twitch platform says suspect uploaded video of attack; media reports assailant is 27-year-old German man 'Stephan B'; interior minister confirms motive of Jew hatred

Merkel condemns attack, expresses 'solidarity for all Jews'; Rivlin: 'stunned and pained by terrible anti-Semitic murders'; Gantz: Berlin must increase fight against Jew hatred