Germany: Suspect in politician's slaying says he acted alone

Germany Politician’s Death

FILE-In this June 13, 2019 file photo a picture of Walter Luebcke stands behind his coffin during the funeral service in Kassel, Germany. German authorities say they have arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with their investigation into the slaying of a regional official from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party. (Swen Pfoertner/dpa via AP)

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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's top security official says the far-right extremist suspected in the killing of a politician from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has told authorities that he acted alone.

Walter Luebcke, who led the Kassel regional administration in central Germany, was fatally shot in the head at his home on June 2. A 45-year-old German man with a string of convictions for violent anti-migrant crime, Stephan Ernst, was later arrested as the alleged killer.

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters after he and Germany's chief federal prosecutor appeared before parliament's home affairs committee Wednesday that the suspect "says himself that he was a lone perpetrator, but of course that is not the end of the investigation for us."

German security officials have warned that far-right extremists pose a serious security threat.

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