A German court sentenced the lead singer of a skinhead rock band to two years’ imprisonment, upholding a lower court’s ruling that he had incited racial hatred. The 30-year-old singer, whose name was withheld, was convicted last year for performing songs at a 1996 concert in which he applauded the murder of Jews by the Nazis.
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