Hundreds of people came to the German town of Solingen to pay respects to the five Turkish girls and women who were burnt alive by far-right extremists in 1993.
EDnews informs via DW that several top German politicians and crowds of mourners attended the commemoration to the victims of a 1993arson attack in Solingen. The far-right hate crime claimed lives of two Turkish women and three girls.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany would now bow to threats xenophobic terror.
"Even 30 years after the cruel act of Solingen, we are still stunned, angry, sad. But: we are not intimidated, not helpless, not idle," Steinmeier said.
"Today we pause together and mourn Gursun Ince, Hatice Genc, Gulustan Ozturk, Hulya Genc, Saime Genc," Steinmeier said.
Surviving members of the Genc family, whose home was burnt down in the attack, also attended the Monday ceremony.