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09/07/2008: "German Far Right Latches onto Sex Murder of Girl"

Far rightists, who have latched onto the sex murder of a little girl in Germany to call for the death penalty for child rape, have been accused by a mayor and other national figures of exploiting the bereaved family.

German tabloids have been running sensational daily accounts of the death of Michelle, 8, and the so-far unsuccessful police hunt for her murderer in the eastern German city of Leipzig.

On Monday evening, a crowd of 280 rightists, many of them committed neo-Nazis, demonstrated close to the place where her body was found, demanding Germany re-introduce the death penalty for serious crimes.

Though the rightists are pariahs in German public life, it was a fair bet that many tabloid readers would sympathize with the demand.

[ This report fails to mention Jewish anger that nationalists were also making observations connecting the nature of the girl's death which allegedly fitted with ancient Jewish sacrificial rituals. ]