Germany detains 2nd man over fatal arson attack on refugee shelter in 1991

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities detained a second man Tuesday in connection with a racist arson attack on a shelter for asylum-seekers 32 years ago in which a Ghanaian man was killed. Federal prosecutors said Peter St., whose full surname wasn’t released due to privacy rules, was detained by police in the western state of Saarland on suspicion of being an accessory to murder and accessory to attempted murder. Prosecutors said the suspect, who holds neo-Nazi and racist views, is alleged to have met with other far-right extremists at a bar in the town of Saarlouis in September 1991 and called for attacks on migrant homes. Another man who was present in the bar is then alleged to have gone to a nearby building housing asylum-seekers and started a fire.