Walter Lübcke knew how it felt to receive death threats. A senior politician from Angela Merkel's CDU party in Hesse, the 65-year-old was well known in the region for his liberal attitude towards people seeking asylum.
His stance earned him respect and admiration during the refugee crisis, but it also made him the target of a hate campaign.
And, investigators believe, it may have cost him his life.
Lübcke was found just after midnight on 2 June, reportedly by his son, as he lay unconscious and badly injured on the terrace of his own home in the sleepy village of Istha, in central Germany.
He had been shot in the head at close range and died shortly afterwards in hospital.
Germans have voiced shock at the suspected far-right murder of a pro-migrant official, fuelling debate Tuesday on whether the country has failed to take seriously a rising threat from neo-Nazis.
Prosecutors on Monday said they suspected an extremist motive in the assassination-style shooting of Kassel city administration chief Walter Luebcke, 65, on June 2.
this is very interesting, seems things are going a bit crazy on the far right immigration scene in Germany.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48716944
https://theglobepost.com/2019/06/18/far-right-murder-germany/