German Mayoral Candidate

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in Istanbul today to press Turkey to stem the flow of migrants into Europe, a day after a German mayoral candidate was seriously wounded in a "racist" stabbing.

A German mayoral candidate active in helping refugees was seriously wounded on Saturday in what police described as a stabbing with a "racist political" motive, heaping further pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel over the migrant crisis.

A mayoral candidate for the western German city of Cologne suffered serious stab wounds Saturday during campaigning for Sunday's poll, police said.

Ashok Sridharan, a mayoral candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has comprehensively won the election in Bonn, becoming the first person of Indian-origin to occupy the mayor's office in a major German city.

An Indian-origin candidate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is the favourite in today's mayoral election in the city of Bonn, according to latest opinion polls.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in Istanbul today to press Turkey to stem the flow of migrants into Europe, a day after a German mayoral candidate was seriously wounded in a "racist" stabbing.

A German mayoral candidate active in helping refugees was seriously wounded on Saturday in what police described as a stabbing with a "racist political" motive, heaping further pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel over the migrant crisis.

A mayoral candidate for the western German city of Cologne suffered serious stab wounds Saturday during campaigning for Sunday's poll, police said.

Ashok Sridharan, a mayoral candidate of Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has comprehensively won the election in Bonn, becoming the first person of Indian-origin to occupy the mayor's office in a major German city.

An Indian-origin candidate of German Chancellor Angela Merkel-led Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is the favourite in today's mayoral election in the city of Bonn, according to latest opinion polls.