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The right-wing extremist who carried out a deadly 2019 attack on a synagogue in Halle, Germany, briefly held two prison employees hostage and was injured as he was overpowered by other staff inside the facility near the city of Magdeburg. Stephan Balliet, 30, took two prison employees hostage in order to force his way out of the premises, the state Justice Ministry said. The prisoner used an unidentified object to force a staff member to take him to the outside area, the ministry in the state of Saxony-Anhalt said. He then tried to force another staff member to open further doors before being …