Hamburg Islamist knife attacker gets life in prison

| Mar 1, 2018, 14:19 IST
Ahmad Alhaw (Photo: AFP)Ahmad Alhaw (Photo: AFP)
HAMBURG: A German court on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian jihadist to life in prison over his knife attack in a supermarket that left one man dead and wounded six other people.

Ahmad Alhaw, aged 27, had admitted to the murder and assaults in the river port city of Hamburg last July.


In delivering the sentencing, the judge noted the "particular severity" of the crime, shrinking his chances of obtaining early release on parole.

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