Neo-Nazi Hangs Self
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FRANKFURT, West Germany — A neo-Nazi has committed suicide in his jail cell two days after receiving a 14-year prison term for bank robberies and for car bombings that wounded two U.S. soldiers, authorities said.
Walther Kexel, 23, hanged himself Sunday with his belt in his cell in the Frankfurt-Preungesheim prison, according to a spokesman for the Hesse state Justice Ministry.
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