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Germany: Hesse state minister commits suicide

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The finance minister for Germany’s Hesse state has committed suicide as the coronavirus hits the country’s economy.

Thomas Schaecher ended it all apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from COVID-19,

Deutsche Welle quoted Premier Volker Bouffier as saying Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday.

Police and prosecutors said factors, including the questioning of witnesses and their own observations at the scene, led them to conclude that Schaefer . . .

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