German mayoral candidate Henriette Reker stabbed in 'racist, political' attack
Source http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-german-mayoral-candidate-henriette-reker-stabbed-in-racist-political-attack-2135911 Flowers are laid down next to an election poster of Henriette Reker, candidate for mayoral election in Cologne, western Germany, at the site where she was attacked on October 17, 2015. AFP A leading candidate in a German city mayoral election was stabbed while campaigning today in what police said was a "racist political" attack linked to the large numbers of migrants entering the country. Henriette Reker, an independent close to the ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) of Chancellor Angela Merkel, suffered serious wounds to the neck in the attack in the western city of Cologne, which is to elect its mayor on Sunday. The attack comes as Germany struggles to cope with a huge influx of asylum seekers, whose numbers are expected to reach between 800,000 and a million by the end of 2015. Merkel's open-door policy has provoked a backlash among her con