In Dresden, local residents and high-profile German politicians participated in a memorial march in honor of the murder victim on Saturday, July 11. But al-Aswany says Berlin hasn't done enough in its response to the crime, which has outraged many in the Arab world. "The German government bears some of the responsibility for this tragedy," he told SPIEGEL, "if only because of where the crime was committed, and it has not embraced this responsibility."
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