German soldier who posed as refugee convicted in attack plot

BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Friday convicted a military officer who posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker and was accused of plotting to kill prominent politicians and blame the attack on refugees, sentencing him to 5½ years in prison.

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