German minister: Germany pays compensation to Turkish families

BERLIN (A.A) - German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said that they paid compensation to families of Turks who were killed by Neo-Nazis in Germany. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said that they paid a total of 412,440 euro compensation to the relatives of victims. We paid 5,000-10,000 euro to each family, added the German minister. German officials discovered a Neo-Nazi cell whose members have killed eight Turks in the past ten years. A hit list targeting 88 people, mostly immigrants, was found during a search into the homes of the suspected members of the Neo-Nazi cell. The hit list includes prominent figures from Turkish and Muslim communities in Germany as well as Munich politicians.