Locals Protest Neo-Nazi Murders

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A woman carrying an umbrella walks past a banner that reads "Rick, we miss you" and also shows a black and white portrait of Rick at a makeshift memorial near to where Rick was murdered on September 6, 2008 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to police Rick L., 20, was beaten to death by a known neo-Nazi after visiting a disco in Magdeburg on August 17. The neo-Nazi, Bastian O., had only recently been released from prison after serving time for beating a man from Togo. In another unrelated case a second young man, 18-year-old Marcel W., was stabbed to death on August 24 in the nearby town of Bernburg by a neo-Nazi against whom Marcel was scheduled to testify in court.

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Portraits of two young men, Frank Boettcher and Torsten Lamprecht, who were murdered by neo-Nazis in 1997 and 1992, lie on a car during a demonstration against the murders of two other young men by neo-Nazis in recent weeks on September 6, 2008 in Magdeburg, Germany. One of the young men, 20-year-old swimmer and art student Rick L., was beaten to death on August 17 in Magdeburg by a known neo-Nazi who had only recently been released from prison. The second man, 18-year-old Marcel W., was stabbed to death on August 24 in the nearby town of Bernburg by a neo-Nazi against whom Marcel was scheduled to testify in court.

Former friends of Rick L. who had just attended his funeral earlier in the day light candles in front of a banner that reads "Rick, we miss [you]" and also shows a black and white portrait of Rick at a makeshift memorial near to where Rick was murdered on September 6, 2008 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to police Rick, 20, was beaten to death by a known neo-Nazi after visiting a disco in Magdeburg on August 17. The neo-Nazi, Bastian O., had only recently been released from prison after serving time for beating a man from Togo. In another unrelated case a second young man, 18-year-old Marcel W., was stabbed to death on August 24 in the nearby town of Bernburg by a neo-Nazi against whom Marcel was scheduled to testify in court.

People hold banners that read: "Forbid All Fascist Organizations" during a demonstration against the murders of two young men by neo-Nazis in recent weeks on September 6, 2008 in Magdeburg, Germany. One of the young men, 20-year-old swimmer and art student Rick L., was beaten to death on August 17 in Magdeburg by a known neo-Nazi who had only recently been released from prison. The second man, 18-year-old Marcel W., was stabbed to death on August 24 in the nearby town of Bernburg by a neo-Nazi against whom Marcel was scheduled to testify in court.

An elderly woman and two children look at a banner that reads "Rick, we miss you" and also shows a black and white portrait of Rick at a makeshift memorial near to where Rick was murdered on September 6, 2008 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to police Rick L., 20, was beaten to death by a known neo-Nazi after visiting a disco in Magdeburg on August 17. The neo-Nazi, Bastian O., had only recently been released from prison after serving time for beating a man from Togo. In another unrelated case a second young man, 18-year-old Marcel W., was stabbed to death on August 24 in the nearby town of Bernburg by a neo-Nazi against whom Marcel was scheduled to testify in court.

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