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Major news items in leading German newspapers

Xinhua, July 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are the major news items in leading German newspapers on Wednesday.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung:

-- Turkish Ministry of National Education announced that 15,200 education personnel for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, whose followers are blamed for Friday's coup attempt, have been suspended.

Die Welt:

-- German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere expressed his shock at the axe attack. He condemned the act as a "senseless act of indiscriminate violence".

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

-- The assassination attempt of a 17-year-old Afghan refugee in a train near Wuerzburg has an "religious" background, according to findings of the German authorities. Endit