Scholz’s challenger vows tough border rules as attack puts migration in German election spotlight
- Germany's opposition leader, Friedrich Merz, vowed to tighten migration rules and increase deportations if elected Chancellor next month, following a deadly knife attack in Aschaffenburg.
- The attack, which killed two people, including a 2-year-old boy, was carried out by a 28-year-old Afghan man with a history of psychiatric issues and violence.
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with security officials and promised to draw necessary consequences, but did not specify the actions to be taken.
- Merz criticized the current asylum policy as misguided and promised to control Germany's borders permanently on his first day in office, aiming to prevent illegal entries.
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