2019 German synagogue attacker gets life sentence Updated Dec 23, 2020 | 13:25 IST On October 9, 2019, Balliet tried to kill more than 50 people who were observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, in the Halle synagogue. A photo shared by a German Twitter user of the car attack scene in Germany's Volkmarsen town, showing the attack vehicle, a silver Mercedes, surrounded by police vehicles | Photo Credit: IANS Berlin: A gunman who carried out an attack at a synagogue in the German city of Halle last year killing two people, has been sentenced to life imprisonment followed by preventive detention. The sentence, by the Higher Regional Court of Naumburg on Monday, effectively rules out Stephan Balliet's early release after 15 years in prison, reports Xinhua news agency.